Climate policy,Publication,Raw materials policy,Transport policy

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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New raw material needs in the EU – how they exacerbate old injustices in South Africa

Against the background of Germany and the EU as major raw material importers, this new brochure focuses on South Africa, which is one of the largest raw material producers in the world. Historically, it has played [...]
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Travel guide: Partnership at eye level? – The EU-Chile Trade and Investment Agreement

In order to further deepen trade between the EU and resource-rich Chile and, above all, to further promote trade in raw materials and agricultural products, the economic partners [...]
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New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

Instead of using the energy crisis as a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine as an additional boost to the domestic energy transition, many Western states, and in particular Germany, turned to Latin America to [...]
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Travel guide: Globally just green transformation? The Role of Trade Agreements in European Raw Materials Security

In order to switch energy supply, transport and industry to propulsion and the supply of renewable energies, and thus advance the green transformation envisaged in the European Green Deal, the EU needs many [...]
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A partnership among equals? – How to strengthen EU strategic partnerships on critical raw materials

Kritische Rohstoffe sind ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil der EU-Pläne zur Verwirklichung ihrer Kernagenda: der grünen Transformation. Derzeit importiert die EU einen erheblichen Anteil dieser Mineralien, oft aus Ländern mit niedrigem Governance-Niveau...
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Travel guide: Unsafe work, job loss and poverty – the impact of the EU-Mercosur agreement on women

Unsafe work, job loss and poverty – women in particular are negatively affected by the impact of neoliberal trade agreements. The agreement between the EU and the four South American countries of Mercosur is [...]
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Action needed for a successful National Circular Economy Strategy

Together with 28 other organisations from the extended environment of the Resource Transition Network, we have established common requirements for the National Circular Economy Strategy. We very much welcome the fact that the Federal Ministry for the Environment,...
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