{"id":99252,"date":"2026-04-21T09:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/?post_type=beitrag_medien&#038;p=99252"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:50:49","slug":"groenland-und-der-us-amerikanische-zugriff-auf-seltene-erden","status":"publish","type":"beitrag_medien","link":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/media\/groenland-und-der-us-amerikanische-zugriff-auf-seltene-erden\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland and U.S. access to rare earths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rare earths, the name sounds abstract, almost mystical. In fact, they have long since become a central part of our everyday lives. Without them, there would be no smartphones, no wind turbines, no electric cars \u2013 and also many military technologies would hardly be conceivable. But what exactly is behind these raw materials? Why are they at the heart of geopolitical conflicts? And why is a place like Greenland suddenly becoming the focus of global power politics? Let's look at that in this podcast episode.<\/p>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p><script class=\"podigee-podcast-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.podigee-cdn.net\/podcast-player\/javascripts\/podigee-podcast-player.js\" data-configuration=\"https:\/\/podcastdb74f9.podigee.io\/702-new-episode\/embed?context=external\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are pleased about your <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc2KlI7nhzn-zxJXuWurWygsKcmW6o9cGjOYUutn8m-c6PvLg\/viewform\">Feedback on our work\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/media\/podcast-myanmar-china-seltene-erden\/\">World economy compass #71:<\/a> Supermagnets from Myanmar: What the need for rare earths means geopolitically and ecologically<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2dFk8JAK2iE\">PowerShift Video<\/a> on Europe's trade policy strategy for safeguarding raw materials<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/media\/rohstoffe-um-jeden-preis\/\">World economy compass #46<\/a>: Raw materials at all costs \u2013 an analysis of the Critical Raw Materials Act<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Metalle-fuer-die-Energiewende_web02_230523.pdf\">Paper by PowerShift<\/a>: Metals for the energy transition - Why we should think together the raw materials transition and the energy transition<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PS_088_Publikation_Metallhandel_v14_Web.pdf\">Paper by PowerShift<\/a>: Metal trade \u2013 The blind spot in the supply chain<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swr.de\/kultur\/gesellschaft\/kampf-um-chips-und-seltene-erden-entscheidet-china-ueber-unsere-zukunft-forum-2025-10-27-100.html\">SWR radio show with Michael Reckordt<\/a>: Fight for chips and rare earths \u2013 Does China decide our future?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/arts\/schoolforcross-facultystudies\/research\/projects\/rare_earth_mining_myanmar\/briefing_paper_1_rare_earth_mining_in_myanmar_a_primer.pdf\">University of Warwick Paper<\/a>: Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar: A Primer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL<\/p>\n<p>by means of the BMZ<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97527\" src=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-300x140.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-1536x716.png 1536w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de-600x280.png 600w, https:\/\/power-shift.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMZ_2017_Office_Farbe_de.png 1784w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<p>PowerShift e.V. is solely responsible for the content; the positions presented here do not give the viewpoint of Engagement Global or the B<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmz.de\/de\">Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development<\/a> again.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":99254,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[452],"thema":[18],"coauthors":[123],"class_list":["post-99252","beitrag_medien","type-beitrag_medien","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-seltene-erden","thema-rohstoffpolitik","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beitrag_medien\/99252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beitrag_medien"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/beitrag_medien"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99252"},{"taxonomy":"thema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thema?post=99252"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=99252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}