Articles and opinions,Raw materials policy

Forderungspapier: “Rohstoffwende – Ressourcen schützen, Zukunft für alle sichern”

Die Bundesregierung hat die Aufgabe, die Rahmen bedingungen für eine lebenswerte Zukunft in unserer Gesellschaft zu schaffen und den Wohlstand für alle zu sichern. Der zunehmende Verbrauch natürlicher Ressourcen, darunter […]
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Looking at solar supply chains – understanding risks, shopping responsibly!

Solar energy is indispensable as a central component of the energy transition in order to cope with the climate crisis. However, the production of solar modules is often associated with social and environmental risks. Thus, a large part of [...]
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Toxic Double Standards – How Europe sells products deemed too dangerous for Europeans to the rest of the world

More than 100 non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty International, the Children's Rights International Network and Greenpeace, have called on the European Union to call them "hypocritical, cruel, unfair and intolerable".
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Berlin Position Paper Renewable: How do we create climate-friendly district heating in Berlin?

On the occasion of the remunicipalisation of Vattenfall Wärme AG, the Berlin Renewable Alliance is calling for Berlin to receive genuinely climate-friendly district heating. The heating sector in Berlin accounts for almost half of the climate-damaging [...]
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Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

Heat waves, droughts, water shortages, forest fires, storms, heavy rainfalls and floods, the climate crisis is the major environmental and socio-political issue of our time and also affects Berlin's urban society. The decarbonization...
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