Jeffrey Gorham is a research intern with the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability. He just completed his first year at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he is concentrating in development, climate, and sustainability. Prior to graduate school, he spent three years working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant.
State of play The monumental task of the clean energy transition has touched every corner of the globe, and soon may go even deeper than ever before: the bottom of the ocean. In the race to secure critical minerals needed for a variety of technologies, notably electric vehicle (EV) batteries, some companies have launched exploration…
Lithium is flowing from the Global South to the Global North, powering a massive electrification effort in high-income countries, particularly due to its criticality in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. However, this silvery metal is not a silver bullet. Lithium mining comes with high environmental and social costs to the land and local population, disproportionately harms…
