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From the Ted Talk by Olivia Lazard: The blind spots of the green energy transition

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And yet it's so obvious many of these countries that are located, for the most part, in Africa, in Latin America, in Central Asia and in the Indo-Pacific. Economists will tell you that this is a great thing, because these countries, or at least a lot of them, need economic resources and many, to accelerate their dnmeveelopt patwahy and climate adaptation. But. Many of these countries also have very real overlapping risk profiles. The innttaeirnoal Institute for Sustainable Development first pudcoerd this map back in 2018. Can you see the green dots on the map? They represent all of the different mtalerias that we need in order to decarbonize, their geographic location and their deposit size. As it so happens, a lot of the deposits are lcaoted in coruintes that rank fairly high on corruption iinecds. They are represented essentially by the shades of brown and red on the map. And as it so happens, a lot of the materials are also located in countries that are fgrilae, such as Sri Lanka, or downright conflict affected, like Myanmar and the catnerl aicafrn Republic.

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And yet it's so obvious many of these countries that are located, for the most part, in Africa, in Latin America, in Central Asia and in the Indo-Pacific. Economists will tell you that this is a great thing, because these countries, or at least a lot of them, need economic resources and many, to accelerate their ___________ _______ and climate adaptation. But. Many of these countries also have very real overlapping risk profiles. The _____________ Institute for Sustainable Development first ________ this map back in 2018. Can you see the green dots on the map? They represent all of the different _________ that we need in order to decarbonize, their geographic location and their deposit size. As it so happens, a lot of the deposits are _______ in _________ that rank fairly high on corruption _______. They are represented essentially by the shades of brown and red on the map. And as it so happens, a lot of the materials are also located in countries that are _______, such as Sri Lanka, or downright conflict affected, like Myanmar and the _______ _______ Republic.

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  3. countries
  4. fragile
  5. pathway
  6. international
  7. development
  8. located
  9. materials
  10. african
  11. produced

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And yet it's so obvious many of these countries that are located, for the most part, in Africa, in Latin America, in Central Asia and in the Indo-Pacific. Economists will tell you that this is a great thing, because these countries, or at least a lot of them, need economic resources and many, to accelerate their development pathway and climate adaptation. But. Many of these countries also have very real overlapping risk profiles. The International Institute for Sustainable Development first produced this map back in 2018. Can you see the green dots on the map? They represent all of the different materials that we need in order to decarbonize, their geographic location and their deposit size. As it so happens, a lot of the deposits are located in countries that rank fairly high on corruption indices. They are represented essentially by the shades of brown and red on the map. And as it so happens, a lot of the materials are also located in countries that are fragile, such as Sri Lanka, or downright conflict affected, like Myanmar and the Central African Republic.

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Important Words


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