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H γεωπολιτική του λιθίου = The geopolitics of lithium.

Ηλιάνα Χρήστος Τολιόπουλος

Περίληψη


Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία αφορά την επιρροή που έχει το λίθιο, ως κρίσιμη ορυκτή πρώτη ύλη, στην παγκόσμια οικονομία. Η γεωπολιτική είναι μια προσέγγιση ανάλυσης της εξωτερικής πολιτικής, με σκοπό την κατανόηση, την ερμηνεία και τελικά την πρόβλεψη της συμπεριφοράς των διεθνών πολιτικών παραγόντων, με βάση γεωγραφικές παραμέτρους. Αυτές οι παράμετροι περιλαμβάνουν το κλίμα, τον πολιτισμό, την τοπογραφία, την δημογραφία, τους φυσικούς πόρους και τις εφαρμοσμένες επιστήμες της εξεταζόμενης περιοχής. Ο λόγος που το λίθιο έχει τόσο μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον και σχετίζεται με την γεωπολιτική οφείλεται στο γεγονός ό,τι είναι βασικός παράγοντας στην ύπαρξη επαναφορτιζόμενων μπαταριών, γεγονός που σχετίζεται με την ηλεκτροκίνηση και γενικότερα χαράζει τον δρόμο για την συνεχή ανάπτυξη και υλοποίηση της πράσινης ενέργειας. Λόγω της υπερθέρμανσης του πλανήτη και τις αμέτρητες πηγές ρύπανσης, έχουν υπογραφεί συνθήκες μεταξύ των χωρών της Ε.Ε και του Ο.Η.Ε για ένα καλύτερο μέλλον, το οποίο βασίζεται στην ηλεκτροκίνηση, στην μείωση του διοξειδίου του άνθρακα και στην βελτιστοποίηση των μοντέλων ανακύκλωσης.

This diploma thesis focuses on the influence that lithium, as a critical mineral raw material, has on the global economy. Geopolitics is an approach to foreign policy analysis, with the aim of understanding, interpreting and ultimately predicting the behavior of international political actors, based on geographic parameters. These parameters include the climate, culture, topography, demography, natural resources and applied sciences of the area under consideration. The reason lithium is of such great interest and relevance to geopolitics is due to the fact that it is a key factor in the existence of rechargeable batteries, which associates with electrification and generally paves the way for constant evolution and implementation of green energy. Due to global warming and countless sources of pollution, treaties have been signed between the countries of the EU and the UN for a better future, based on electrification, reduction of carbon dioxide percentage in the atmosphere and the optimization of recycling models.


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