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Delegate Humberto Segura

Country: United States of America


School : San Patricio International School
Committee: General Assembly
Topic: The Expansion and Consequences of
Lithium Internationally

Good morning fellow delegates and honorable chair

Due to the advancement of electric vehicles and the switch to cleaner energy sources, the
demand for lithium has increased significantly in recent years. Lithium has now become crucial
and indispensable for its role in electric vehicles, renewable energy and new and innobvatove
sustainability methods. However its impact on the environment has to be question, for example
Lithium is normally extracted through mining, a process that in large quantities can generate
trash, use a lot of water, and severely harm ecosystems and the environment.E fforts are
underway to explore sustainable extraction techniques and implement recycling programs
however most of them have been ineffective. But clearly Lithium is transcendental in our modern
world and cannot be replaced easily and despite previous efforts progress hasnt been
acconplishded. The delegation of the USA urges every country present to work together towards
reaching new and sustainable solutions to combat the harms the expansion of Lithium has
produced, because if not we may have a world with new technology and electric veahicles, but at
what cost?

The delegations of the US is aware of the importance of Lithium, especially in today´s world.
My delegations psecially in key states like Neveada has large Lithium reserves that have been a
mayor source of the minera, however once again the environmental iplications cannit be ugnired.
While the US has strict laws on the environmental exploitation of resources, Lithium has proved
to be a problem since my seegation also relies heavily on sustainable energy methods, which
require Lithium in most cases. Legislations have been established in the US that laid the
groundwork for major improvements in the Lithium supply chain. Innovations like this
established by my delegation's government can be implemented internationally to limit and
control in an efficient way Lithium’s expansion.

The global demand for Li-ion batteries is expected to increase significantly over the next decade,
with the number of GWh required increasing from 700 GWh in 2022 to around 4.7 TWh by
2030. With this spike in demand we most act now to ensure the expansion of Lithium is done on
a sustainable manner.

To start my delegation would like to remind the committee a previous legislation made by the
government of the US. This legislation seeks that by 2030 the extraction of Lithium is done on a
more sustainable manner. Moving on the growth is expected to be highest globally in the EU and
the United States, driven by recent regulatory changes and a trend toward localization of supply
chains. Theres no way of stopping Lithium´s extraction, however what the committee most seek
is 2 things.

1. Improve sustainability in the extraction process


2. Find alternatives to Lithium to prevent the explotation of resources

Furthermore my delegation has many frameowrks planned to increase sustainability and would
like to talk about how they work and how sustainability is increases with this. These framworls
will be based on ones previosuly made by the US government or other international bodies
foscuing on sustanability.

My delegation is now open to any comments or question

Works Cited

● Dye, J. L. (2024, 22 febrero). Lithium | Definition, Properties, Use, & Facts.


Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/lithium-chemical-element
● Bhutada, G. (2023, 8 diciembre). Visualizing 25 Years of Lithium Production, by Country.
Visual Capitalist.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-25-years-of-lithium-production-by-country/
● Lithium - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table. (s. f.).
https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/3/lithium

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