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EU Strategic Projects – Civil Society Requirements

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EU Strategic Projects – Civil Society Requirements

From Michael Reckordt / 25.07.2024 Comments Disabled

The Strategic Projects are at the heart of the EU regulation on the "safe and sustainable supply of critical raw materials" (English abbreviation: CRMA). They aim to comply with the Regulation's benchmarks (to [...]

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From Tine Laufer / 30.01.2022 Comments Disabled

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Trade and investment policy

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From Tine Laufer / 30.01.2022 Comments Disabled

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From Tine Laufer / 30.01.2022 Comments Disabled

PowerShift has been committed to climate protection since 2010. Our work in the field of climate policy always focuses on the development dimension of our resource and energy consumption. We have regional and national [...]

Jacobswiese: New PowerShift project in Brandenburg

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Jacobswiese: New PowerShift project in Brandenburg

From Vanessa Fischer / 23.11.2021 Comments Disabled

Directly on the Way of St. James, a new orchard with old varieties is being created in the eponymous municipality of Jacobsdorf. The Jacobswiese serves to preserve traditional fruit tree species, offers millions of insects a fertile home and [...]

Copper mining at Ecuador's Mirador mine

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Copper mining at Ecuador's Mirador mine

From Elena Gnant / 23.11.2021 Comments Disabled

Several thousand hectares of rainforest are cleared for the Mirador mine in Ecuador. Among other things, copper foils for the production of lithium-ion batteries and electronic circuit boards for electric cars are produced from the copper. It [...]

The case of South Korea – Verpatzter test run for sustainability chapters

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The case of South Korea – Verpatzter test run for sustainability chapters

From Tine Laufer / 17.02.2021 Comments Disabled

At the end of January 2021, an arbitration panel rejected the EU Commission's complaint that South Korea violated labour law agreements under the Common Free Trade Agreement. This decision...

Clean up myths about the Energy Charter Treaty

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Clean up myths about the Energy Charter Treaty

From Fabian Flues / 15.12.2020 Comments Disabled

This week, the member states of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) will hold their annual conference and evaluate the ongoing attempts to reform the controversial agreement. Amid growing concern that the ECT [...]

Background information: Mining of bauxite in Guinea

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Background information: Mining of bauxite in Guinea

From Tine Laufer / 24.09.2020 Comments Disabled

Opinion, Publications12 Arguments for a raw materials turnaround12 Arguments for a raw materials turnaroundGerman industry is the fifth largest importer of metals in the world. 99% The metals and minerals used are imported. This hunger for raw materials...