Germany is one of the world's five largest consumers of raw materials. 99% Metals and minerals are imported. The German economy and politics bear a massive co-responsibility for the negative consequences of mining: Human rights violations, climate crisis, environmental degradation. The latest episode of our podcast with Michael Reckordt discusses why the federal government must initiate a change in raw materials and what components of this change should be.
In line with the podcast, our ‘12 arguments for a turnaround in raw materials’ argument that we have published with MISEREOR, Germanwatch, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, INKOTA, NABU, the Forum Environment and Development and the Christian Initiative Romero.
