Publication,Raw materials policy,Transport policy

Reducing metal consumption: Practical proposals for shaping the raw materials transition

Reducing metal consumption: Practical proposals for shaping the raw materials transition

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Reducing metal consumption: Practical proposals for shaping the raw materials transition

From and / 26.03.2024 Comments Disabled
Germany's metal dependency and the need for the raw materials transition In 2022, Germany imported almost 80 million tons of metals. About 90 percent of these were primary raw materials. This significant consumption of raw materials is unsustainable and...
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Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

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Berlin: Focus on energy and raw materials transition

From / 05.03.2024 Comments Disabled
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

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

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

From / 05.02.2024 Comments Disabled
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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New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

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New commodity boom in Latin America in times of war and climate crisis

From / 12.12.2023 Comments Disabled
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

Travel guide: Globally just green transformation? The Role of Trade Agreements in European Raw Materials Security

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Travel guide: Globally just green transformation? The Role of Trade Agreements in European Raw Materials Security

From / 06.12.2023 Comments Disabled
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

A partnership among equals? – How to strengthen EU strategic partnerships on critical raw materials

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A partnership among equals? – How to strengthen EU strategic partnerships on critical raw materials

From / 24.11.2023 Comments Disabled
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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Action needed for a successful National Circular Economy Strategy

Action needed for a successful National Circular Economy Strategy

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Action needed for a successful National Circular Economy Strategy

From / 21.09.2023 Comments Disabled
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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Position paper Raw material turnaround: Requirements for a Raw Materials Act for a Social and Just Transformation

Position paper Raw material turnaround: Requirements for a Raw Materials Act for a Social and Just Transformation

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Position paper Raw material turnaround: Requirements for a Raw Materials Act for a Social and Just Transformation

From / 12.07.2023 Comments Disabled
In September 2022, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a European Raw Materials Act (CRMA) in her State of the EU address. "We will focus on strategic [...]
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