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

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

From Leonel / 14.01.2025 Comments Disabled

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 […]

Call for tenders: Internship Raw Materials Policy at PowerShift e.V. in Berlin

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Call for tenders: Internship Raw Materials Policy at PowerShift e.V. in Berlin

From Leonel / 13.12.2024 Comments Disabled

Ab dem 1. März 2025 bietet der Verein „PowerShift – Verein für eine ökologisch-solidarische Energie- & Weltwirtschaft e.V.“ in seinem Büro in Berlin (Haus der Demokratie; Greifswalder Straße 4, 10405 […]

Looking at solar supply chains – understanding risks, shopping responsibly!

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Looking at solar supply chains – understanding risks, shopping responsibly!

From Leonel / 24.11.2024 Comments Disabled

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 [...]

Opinion on the amendment of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act

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Opinion on the amendment of the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act

From Neelke Wagner / 12.11.2024 Comments Disabled

The German government plans to make the disposal of carbon dioxide under the North Sea possible. For this purpose, a thousands-kilometre pipeline network for carbon dioxide is to be built throughout Germany. The catch and [...]

Tour du Gas: Fossil infrastructure is not climate protection

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Tour du Gas: Fossil infrastructure is not climate protection

From Leonel / 01.10.2024 Comments Disabled

Photo: View from Rüstringer Berg to the oil port, coal-fired power plant and the JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven's industrial history is marked by destroyed hopes and broken promises. The fossil fuel industry has big wounds in and [...]

Web series: ¡BASTA! – Feminist voices on EU trade agreements with Latin America

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Web series: ¡BASTA! – Feminist voices on EU trade agreements with Latin America

From Bettina Müller / 24.09.2024 Comments Disabled

Last year, in a joint project with organisations from Argentina and Brazil, we conducted studies on the impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on women and women-readers. [...]

Stop CCS: Open letter to the members of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat

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Stop CCS: Open letter to the members of the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat

From Tine Laufer / 06.09.2024 Comments Disabled

The climate crisis is progressing. Their main cause: The continuous burning of coal, oil and gas. But instead of continuing the urgently needed phase-out of fossil fuels, the German government plans to invest billions of [...]

Publikationsveröffentlichung: “Metallhandel: Der blinde Fleck in der Lieferkette”

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Publikationsveröffentlichung: “Metallhandel: Der blinde Fleck in der Lieferkette”

From Adrian Bornmann / 29.08.2024 Comments Disabled

Am 29. August 2024 von 9:00 bis 10:00 Uhr informierten Expertinnen aus Wissenschaft und NGO-Sektor über die Rolle von Metallhändlern in Lieferketten und deren Verantwortung für Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Umweltzerstörung. Organisiert […]

Metals trading – The blind spot in the supply chain

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Metals trading – The blind spot in the supply chain

From Vanessa Fischer / 29.08.2024 Comments Disabled

The publication shows that commodity traders operate at many points in the supply chain and are thus important links for transparency, traceability and enforcement of standards. So far, however, they have shown this outstanding importance...

International Perspectives on Raw Materials Reduction in Europe and Germany

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International Perspectives on Raw Materials Reduction in Europe and Germany

From Michael Reckordt / 21.08.2024 Comments Disabled

The global North consumes too many raw materials. This is highlighted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in its Global Resources Outlook 2024 (March 2024). In particular, countries such as Germany are called upon ‘to [...]