Podcast No. 7 – Climate crisis, human rights violations, environmental destruction – the Federal Government must initiate a raw material transition!

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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.

Reversal of raw materials

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