Resumen

SANCHEZ, Álvaro Ramón. The Yasuní-ITT Initiative: an impossible challenge to the world economy from the Amazon region. Prob. Des [online]. 2025, vol.56, n.223, pp.119-141.  Epub 10-Abr-2026. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2025.223.70358.

This paper reinterprets the Yasuní‑ITT Initiative from a critical geographical perspective, using world‑systems theory at various scales. Ecuador sought to promote sustainable economic development by involving the international community, but the initiative was perceived as challenging the capitalist world‑economy. Fear of setting a precedent that would threaten the core‑periphery structure, both socioeconomically and ecologically, contributed to its failure. Nevertheless, valuable lessons can be drawn from the Initiative’s experience for addressing the climate crisis and the possibilities and difficulties of sustainable development in Latin America.

Palabras llave : Yasuní‑ITT Initiative; neo‑extractivism; periphery; climate crisis; differentiated co‑responsibility.

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