{"id":96367,"date":"2025-04-10T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.power-shift.de\/nickel-gruener-rohstoff-oder-umweltzerstoerer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:47:06","slug":"nickel-gruener-rohstoff-oder-umweltzerstoerer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/power-shift.de\/en\/nickel-gruener-rohstoff-oder-umweltzerstoerer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickel: Green raw material or environmental destroyer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"psn-wrapper\">\n<section class=\"hero-scrolly-section\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-scrolly-background\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_2372883291.jpg\" alt=\"Mining wallpaper\" \/><audio id=\"hero-audio\" preload=\"auto\" loop=\"loop\"><source src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sound-of-excavator-working-265678.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><button id=\"audio-toggle\" class=\"audio-toggle hero-ui-element muted\" title=\"Sound on\/off\"><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-volume-high audio-icon-on\"><\/i><br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-volume-xmark audio-icon-off\"><\/i><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"scroll-down-indicator hero-ui-element\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-content\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-title\" data-step=\"0\">\n<h1><span class=\"nickel-highlight\">Nickel:<\/span><br \/>\nGreen raw material or<br \/>\nThe environmental destroyer?<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"1\">\n<p>It's an apocalyptic scene: Where the soil was once covered by dense rainforest, today a blood-colored lake stretches out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"2\">\n<p>Excavators are always tearing new wounds<br \/>\nIn the mountain range, huge craters run through the landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"3\">\n<p>Over the noise of the machines<br \/>\nThere is a depressing silence: the burden of the devastated ecosystem.<br \/>\nHow did it get so far?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"4\">\n<p>Nickel is one of the key metals for the green transformation, but its mining has serious consequences for people and the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"5\">\n<p>Scroll from Germany to Indonesia<br \/>\nFrom the Philippines to New Caledonia. Experience how the enormous consumption triggers a catastrophe in the Global South and learn what alternatives there are.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-step deutschland-step\">\n<div class=\"hero-scrolly-textbox\" data-step=\"6\">\n<p>In Germany and the EU<br \/>\nMore and more nickel is being used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-deutschland-svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deutschland.svg\" alt=\"Germany\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-image-source hero-ui-element\"><small>Photo: Shutterstock and Mary Traveller<\/small><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-nickel\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">1.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">nickel<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Global nickel consumption<\/h3>\n<p>2019 was held in Germany <strong>59,041 tonnes of nickel consumed<\/strong><sup>1<\/sup>. Germany is the world's <strong>4th largest nickel consumer<\/strong> and the <strong>third largest importer<\/strong> Of nickel metal<sup>2<\/sup>. In the EU, Germany is even the <strong>Largest nickel consumer<\/strong><sup>3<\/sup>. So far, the metal has been used primarily for everyday batteries and for alloys, especially in steel finishing.<\/p>\n<p>Nickel is also gaining strength as <strong>important raw material for electric car batteries<\/strong> of importance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">1<\/span>Ifeu (2023): Ifeu calculations under the DeuRess model (unpublished)<\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">2<\/span>BGR (2022): Press release on new BGR short study<\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">3<\/span>BGR (2024): The Importance of Indonesia for the Global Nickel Market<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Over the past 30 years, nickel production has quadrupled<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box chart-container clean fade-in\">\n<div class=\"nickel-chart-container\">\n<div class=\"animation-loader\">\n<div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner-text\">Load diagram...<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nickel-chart\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"chart-source\">Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 1996-2025:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/centers\/national-minerals-information-center\/nickel-statistics-and-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/centers\/national-minerals-information-center\/nickel-statistics-and-information<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Composition of battery types<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"battery-diagram-float\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/zusammensetzung_batterien.png\" alt=\"Composition of batteries\" \/><figcaption>Own presentation.<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashbattery.tech\/de\/blog\/lithium-batterien-arten-welche-chemie-verwenden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.flashbattery.tech\/de\/lithium-batterien-arten-welche-chemie-verwendeten\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nickel is used in both lithium-ion battery types that have so far established themselves in electromobility: <strong>Lithium-Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminium Oxide Batteries (NCA)<\/strong> and <strong>Lithium-Nickel-Manganese-Cobaltoxide Batteries (NMC)<\/strong>. They differ mainly in the composition of the cathode. NCA batteries are about <strong>80 percent nickel<\/strong>. <strong>75 percent<\/strong> According to experts, this still comes from Russia until recently.<sup>4<\/sup>. Most electric cars currently use NMC batteries. Depending on the type, the nickel content varies between approx. <strong>33 (NMC111) and 90 percent (NMC955)<\/strong><sup>5<\/sup>. Currently, the trend is to increase the nickel content and reduce the cobalt content, as cobalt is mined mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and there under catastrophic conditions.<sup>6<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">4<\/span>BGR (2023): DERA is investigating German metal imports from Russia. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.bund.de\/DE\/Themen\/Rohstoffe\/Downloads\/Downloads-MR\/rohsit-2023.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;v=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.bgr.bund.de\/DE\/Gemeinsames\/Nachrichten\/Aktuelles\/2023\/2023-06-13_de-russische-metallimporte-aus-russland.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">5<\/span>Flashbattery (2022): Which chemistry is best suited for the electrification of your vehicle? Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashbattery.tech\/de\/blog\/lithium-batterien-arten-welche-chemie-verwenden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.flashbattery.tech\/de\/lithium-batterien-arten-welche-chemie-verwendeten\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">6<\/span>Amnesty International (2023): Serious human rights violations in the production of cobalt and copper. Online: https:\/\/www.amnesty.ch\/en\/laender\/Africa\/democratic-republic-congo\/dok\/2016\/human rights violations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-parallax eautos-prognosen-section\">\n<div class=\"eautos-prognosen-container\">\n<div class=\"eautos-moving-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/architecture-1837176.jpg\" alt=\"Architecture from above\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"eautos-floating-textbox\">\n<h3>Thanks to e-cars in a sustainable future?<\/h3>\n<p>By 2030, Germany should <strong>15 million electric cars<\/strong> driving<sup>7<\/sup>. As demand increases, so does the need for nickel. The World Bank predicts that by 2035 it will <strong>476 percent<\/strong> Increase in volume compared to 2018<sup>8<\/sup>. More than one million tonnes of nickel are already produced worldwide every year<sup>9<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">7<\/span>BMWK (2022): Framework conditions and incentives for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwk.de\/Redaktion\/DE\/Artikel\/Industrie\/rahmenbedingungen-und-anreize-fuer-elektrofahrzeuge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.bmwk.de\/Redaktion\/DE\/Artikel\/Industrie\/rahmenbedingungen-und-anreize-fuer-elektrofahrzeuge.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">8<\/span>BMZ: Batteries in electric vehicles. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/rue.bmz.de\/rue\/veroeffentlichungen\/batterierohstoffe-uebersicht-78850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/rue.bmz.de\/rue\/veroeffentlichungen\/batterierohstoffe-uebersicht-78850<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">9<\/span>Ibid.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content padding-top2\">\n<div class=\"text-box accent-green fade-in\">\n<p>Much of the nickel came to the EU from Russia for a long time. Since the beginning of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, enormous shortages of nickel have been threatening, and car companies are desperately looking for alternative sources of supply. And the EU also wants to ensure the supply of critical raw materials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-parallax parallax-bg\">\n<div class=\"parallax-bg-image\" style=\"background-image: url('\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/guillaume-perigois-0NRkVddA2fw-unsplash.jpg');\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content block-parallax-content\">\n<div class=\"parallax-flex\">\n<figure class=\"parallax-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1649176848337_20200114_EP-098557A_FMA_018_MOBILE.jpg\" alt=\"Ursula von der Leyen, press conference of the European Parliament\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Fred Marvaux, \u00a9 European Union 2020 \u2013 Source: EP (<a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.europarl.europa.eu\/en\/photo\/press-point-by-ursula-von-der-leyen-president-of-european-commission_20200114_EP-098557A_FMA_018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"parallax-quote\"><p><span class=\"quote-icon\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to raw materials is crucial to the success of our transformation towards a sustainable and digital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer>Ursula von der Leyen, State of the Union Address of 14 September 2022<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"parallax-textblock\">\n<p>The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) entered into force in May 2024. While the law is intended to secure the flow of raw materials to Germany and Europe, it largely ignores the globally unjust and ecologically disastrous consumptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Almost 100 percent of raw materials are imported into Germany.<\/h3>\n<p>The world's leading producers of nickel ores and concentrates include: <strong>Indonesia<\/strong> (26 percent), which <strong>Philippines<\/strong> (14%) and <strong>New Caledonia<\/strong> (nine percent)<sup>10<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The hype around nickel will further increase the pressure on these mining areas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">10<\/span>Institute of Rare Earths and Metals: Nickel. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/institut-seltene-erden.de\/seltene-erden-und-metalle\/basismetalle\/nickel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/institut-seltene-erden.de\/seltene-erden-und-metalle\/basismetalle\/nickel\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box clean fade-in\">\n<div class=\"igm_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"animation-loader\">\n<div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner-text\">Loading world map...<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"igm_container\">\n<div id=\"igm_overlay\">Please rotate screen<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"igm_legend-label\">legend<\/div>\n<div class=\"igm_legend-container\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"nickel-tooltip\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-indonesien block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">2.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">Nickel from Indonesia<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"image-box clean fade-in\">\n<div class=\"nickel-globe-container\">\n<div class=\"animation-loader\">\n<div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner-text\">Loading globe...<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nickel-interactive-globe-container\" data-target-country=\"ID\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<p>With 21 million tons, Indonesia has the largest nickel reserves in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Nickel ore mining and processing takes place mainly on the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera.<\/p>\n<p>In total, almost 25,000 hectares of rainforest have been deforested in Indonesia for nickel mining.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1984 also for the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), the largest nickel industrial park in the country in Central Sulawesi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Indonesian NGO AEER has investigated and documented the negative effects of the nickel industry on the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>In Morowali and many other places in Indonesia, the nickel industry is robbing people of their livelihoods.<\/h3>\n<p>From power plants in the IMIP, hot wastewater is discharged into the sea. This has increased the coastal water temperature and deteriorated the water quality: Not only the marine ecosystem is threatened by this, but also the livelihood of the fishermen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Morowali_Industrial_Park-2048x1316-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park\" \/><figcaption>Photo: WikiCommons\/Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-maxheight-500\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/14-krank-02.jpg\" alt=\"Diseases caused by the nickel industry\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Yayasan Tanah Merdeka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>The nickel industry also makes people sick.<\/h3>\n<p>Again and again, when nickel is mined, heavy metals enter the surrounding waters and accumulate in fish. People who consume this contaminated fish absorb the metals unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>The coal dust from the many coal-fired power plants that power the nickel industry also makes people sick. Residents reported, for example, shortness of breath and skin diseases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>There are catastrophic working conditions.<\/h3>\n<p>In 2023, 36 workers were killed and 47 injured in the nickel processing industry in central Sulawesi. They are exposed to dangers such as extreme heat (1,400 to 1,600 \u00b0C), hot metal, fires, explosions and collapsing mine walls.<\/p>\n<p>Recent deaths and suicides have also increased among Chinese guest workers.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, female employees are also affected by sexual harassment. The companies lack toilets, nursing rooms or refrigerators to store breast milk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_1634861758.jpg\" alt=\"Workers in the nickel industry Indonesia\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Shutterstock\/Kaisarmuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-philippinen block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">3.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">Nickel from the Philippines<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"image-box clean fade-in\">\n<div class=\"nickel-globe-container\">\n<div class=\"animation-loader\">\n<div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner-text\">Loading globe...<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nickel-interactive-globe-container-ph\" data-target-country=\"PH\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<p>More nickel will also be mined in the Philippines in the future. A total of 4.8 million tonnes of nickel reserves are stored in the Southeast Asian country<sup>11<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">11<\/span>US Geological Survey (2022): Nickel. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/periodicals\/mcs2022\/mcs2022-nickel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/periodicals\/mcs2022\/mcs2022-nickel.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>The mining of minerals for the green transformation also has serious social and environmental effects here:<\/h3>\n<p>New large-scale mining projects could destroy forests, watersheds and fragile island and marine ecosystems. In the past, mines have also repeatedly affected food production and polluted groundwater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/17-oekosystem.jpg\" alt=\"Destroyed ecosystem due to nickel mining\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Yosofat Herdian and Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content block-gray-bg flex-row\">\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18-philippinen.jpg\" alt=\"Philippines environmental problems\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Michael Reckordt, PowerShift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>The nickel industry often exacerbates peace and security problems in the Philippines:<\/h3>\n<p>Philippine environmentalists are repeatedly harassed, threatened and even killed: In 2012, there were 298 people. The Philippines is the most dangerous country for environmentalists in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Women, young people and indigenous communities are also often further marginalised by the nickel industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Altai Philippines Mining Corp. (APMC) is currently planning to open a nickel mine on Sibuyan Island.<\/h3>\n<p>It threatens the unique nature on Sibuyan, because the island is considered the Galapagos of Asia. It has:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bulletpoint-spacing\">\n<li>High biodiversity (700 plant species, 144 tree species, 54 endemic to Sibuyan, 64 bird species, 10 amphibian species, 25 reptile species and 18 mammal species)<\/li>\n<li>one of the densest forests in the world (1,551 trees per hectare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19-sibuyan.jpg\" alt=\"Sibuyan Island\" \/><figcaption>Photo: P199 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content block-gray-bg flex-row\">\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/640px-Tarsius_tarsier_Tandurusa_zoo.jpg\" alt=\"Tarsius tarsier in the Philippines\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Sakurai Midori via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Threatened by the mine...<\/h3>\n<p>serious ecological interventions: This is how they are <strong>Deforestation of forests<\/strong> and the <strong>Construction of a dam<\/strong>, which could destroy the natural habitat of marine species, foreseeable consequences. In addition, the project can <strong>Natural sediment movement along the coast<\/strong> Disturbing significantly. This would have potentially profound consequences for coastal dynamics, including: <strong>Changes in the shape and shape of beaches<\/strong>, <strong>Coastal erosion<\/strong>, <strong>Coastline instability<\/strong>, <strong>flooding<\/strong>, <strong>Storm surges<\/strong> and <strong>extreme flood events<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-neukaledonien block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">4.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">Nickel from New Caledonia<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content flex-row\">\n<div class=\"image-box clean fade-in\">\n<div class=\"nickel-globe-container\">\n<div class=\"animation-loader\">\n<div class=\"spinner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner-text\">Loading globe...<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"nickel-interactive-globe-container-nc\" data-target-country=\"NC\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<p>And also in New Caledonia, an archipelago in the southern Pacific that belongs to France, the nickel industry leads to the destruction of the environment: A total of 7.1 million tons of nickel reserves are stored in the island state, which belongs to France. There have been protests against the Goro mine since its inception. Because it was built without the consent of the indigenous communities on their territory. Since 2010, five acid leaks have occurred in nearby bays and reefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<figure class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/22-goro-mine.jpg\" alt=\"Goro mine in New Caledonia\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Yayasan Tanah Merdeka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-alternativen block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">5.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">Globally Unfair Consumption<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>EU metal consumption compared to world population<\/h3>\n<p>Against the background of these negative effects of nickel mining, the high metal and energy consumption in the Global North is particularly problematic: Although EU citizens make up only 6% of the world's population, we already use 25-30% of the world's metals and much of the energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"diagramm-row diagramm-row-bg\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"pie-title\">population<\/div>\n<p>6 % EU population, 94 % Rest of world population<\/p>\n<p>6% EU<br \/>\n94% The rest of the world<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"pie-title\">Metal consumption<\/div>\n<p>25-30 % EU metal consumption, 70-75 % Rest of world population<\/p>\n<p>25-30% EU<br \/>\n70\u201375% The rest of the world<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-alternativen\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box\">\n<h3>Global energy consumption per capita<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe class=\"fade-in\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\" title=\"Per capita energy use\" src=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/grapher\/per-capita-energy-use?tab=map\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-alternativen\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Access to electricity<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fullwidth no-shadow\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/weltbevoelkerung_maennchen.svg\" alt=\"World population\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.5 billion people do not have access to electricity \u2013 and billions more only have enough electricity to power a single light bulb in their household or charge a mobile phone<sup>12<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">12<\/span>EU Raw Materials Coalition (2023): A turning point: The Critical Raw Material Act\u2019s needs for a Social and Just Green Transition. Online: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CRMA-Position-Paper-Final-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CRMA-Position-Paper-Final-1.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Passenger car density per 1,000 inhabitants, by country 2023<sup>13<\/sup><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fullwidth\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PkW-Dichte_pro_1000_Einwohnerinnen_nach_Land_2023.png\" alt=\"Passenger car density per 1000 inhabitants\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">13<\/span>Visual Capitalist (2024): Who owns the most vehicles per capita, by country? Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/vehicles-per-capita-by-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/vehicles-per-capita-by-country\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box accent-green fade-in\">\n<h3>Switching to renewable energy is not enough<\/h3>\n<p>A green transformation to combat the climate crisis seems unproblematic at first. On closer inspection, however, it can be seen that their technologies (e.g. electromobility) contain unchanged and unquestioned assumptions about the global use of resources. Currently, this transformation is pursuing a resource-intensive approach that focuses almost exclusively on replacing fossil fuels with electric vehicles or coal-fired power plants with solar systems without changing the fundamental structure of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, a transformation that focuses only on replacing fossil fuels with renewables without addressing undemocratic and globally unjust production and consumption will do little to solve the structural problems underlying the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block chapter-alternativen block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner chapter-banner-green\">\n<div class=\"chapter-banner-content\">\n<div class=\"chapter-number\">6.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"chapter-title\">alternatives<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-content block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Environmental and human rights organisations around the world, including in Indonesia, the Philippines and New Caledonia, are therefore advocating alternative solutions:<\/h3>\n<p>For example, for <strong>Degrowth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The degrowth theory emphasizes that from a certain level of development, additional economic growth does not automatically lead to more prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>In high-income countries, therefore, a planned decline in resource consumption is sought without lowering living standards. This can be achieved by redistributing income, reducing working hours, living wages and expanding public goods. Harmful economic sectors are expected to shrink, while environmentally friendly and socially useful sectors are expected to grow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-green\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box text-box-green fade-in\">\n<h3>And clear guidelines for the mining of minerals for the energy transition<\/h3>\n<p>For example, the Philippine environmental organization Alyansa Tigil Mina calls for:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"icon-list\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Involvement of local communities\" \/> Involvement of local communities: The local communities concerned must be involved in decisions about the use of their resources and consent to the construction of mines or other major projects.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-2-531x400-1.png\" alt=\"Cost-benefit analysis\" \/> Comprehensive cost-benefit analysis: The actual costs of mining projects must be made transparent, including environmental, social and health impacts.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-3-406x400-1.png\" alt=\"Climatic impacts\" \/> Consider climate impacts: The climatic impact of mining projects must be recorded and included in the legislation so that mining companies can be held accountable.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-2-1-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"No victim zones\" \/> No \u201cvictim zones\u201d: There must be no zones where intensive mining is justified to meet the need for green technologies. Instead, it is necessary to define \u2018no-go zones\u2019.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-2-2-419x400-1.png\" alt=\"Promoting a circular economy\" \/> Strengthening the circular economy: The circular economy needs to be promoted and consumption reduction programmes implemented consistently.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-3-2-375x400-1.png\" alt=\"Deep-sea mining moratorium\" \/> Deep-sea mining moratorium: As long as the deep sea is largely unexplored, a moratorium on deep-sea mining must be imposed.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-4-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Fair metal consumption\" \/> Fair metal consumption: In the Global North, the consumption of resources for mobility and transport must be greatly reduced.<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icon-list-img\" style=\"transform: rotate(180deg);\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unknown-4-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Higher standards\" \/> Higher standards: The core principles of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for a Just Energy Transition (JET) must be implemented under higher social standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box accent-green fade-in\">\n<h3>In addition, the circular economy must be expanded...<\/h3>\n<div class=\"circular-list-grid\">\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"refuse\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Refuse:<\/span> Avoid products that are unnecessary or harmful to the environment, such as disposable plastics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"rethink\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Rethink:<\/span> Use products more efficiently, e.g. by sharing them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"reduce\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Reduce:<\/span> Use less material and energy by using products sparingly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"reuse\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Reuse:<\/span> Reuse products instead of throwing them away, e.g. by passing on clothes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"repair\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Repair:<\/span> Repair broken things instead of replacing them with new ones.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"refurbish\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Refurbished:<\/span> Remake old products like electronics like new by refurbishing them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"remanufacture\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Remanufacture:<\/span> Rebuild products to work like new.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"repurpose\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Repurpose:<\/span> Use a product for something other than what was originally intended.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"recycle\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Recycle:<\/span> Process old materials to make new products from them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"circular-list-item\" data-grid-item=\"recover\"><span class=\"circular-list-keyword\">Recover:<\/span> Use the energy or raw materials from waste that can no longer be used for other purposes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>And the consumption in Germany will be reduced...<sup>14<\/sup><\/h3>\n<p>Around 49 million cars are already registered in Germany. While the number of smaller passenger cars has grown by two percent in the last ten years, that of large vehicle types such as SUVs has increased by 80 percent at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Share of SUVs in new cars in Germany 2014-2024<\/p>\n<div class=\"suv-graphics-grid\">\n<div class=\"suv-col\">\n<div class=\"suv-year-label\">2014<\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-row\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon pop-on-scroll\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"2014 car\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv pop-on-scroll\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV 2014\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-col\">\n<div class=\"suv-year-label\">2024<\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-columns\">\n<div class=\"suv-icon-col\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-col\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_1.png\" alt=\"auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-col\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-col\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"suv-icon-col\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"suv-icon suv\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/240910_Element_2.png\" alt=\"SUV\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">14<\/span>Federal Environment Agency (2024): Transport infrastructure and vehicle fleet. Online: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umweltbundesamt.de\/daten\/verkehr\/verkehrsinfrastruktur-fahrzeugbestand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.umweltbundesamt.de\/daten\/verkehr\/fahrzeugbestand-stark-steigende-tendenz-bei-suvs-und-gelaendewagen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Reduction potential in the transport sector<sup>15<\/sup><\/h3>\n<p>If 30 percent fewer cars are newly registered every year and an additional 30 percent of new registrations are transferred from the medium and large vehicle segment to the small vehicle segment, then 36.7 million tonnes of important base metals can be saved by 2050.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">15<\/span>PowerShift (2024): Reduce metal consumption: Practical proposals for shaping the turnaround in raw materials. Online: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hintergrundpapier_Metallverbrauch-senken_PowerShift.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hintergrundpapier_Metallverbrauch-senken_PowerShift.pdf<\/a>, p. 18<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box clean fade-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grafik_3-Materialbedarf_im_Transportsektor_2050-01.png\" alt=\"Material requirements in the transport sector 2050\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-row-reverse\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Reduction potentials in the construction sector<\/h3>\n<p>If four percent fewer single-family homes and more multi-family homes are built instead, about 1.4 million tonnes of metals could be saved by 2050. Because a residential unit in an apartment building has a much lower material requirement than one in a single-family house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box fade-in clean\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tTYOK5A6-550x363-1.png\" alt=\"Material requirements Single-family house vs. multi-family house\" \/><figcaption>Own presentation. Source: PowerShift (2024): Reduce metal consumption: Practical proposals for shaping the turnaround in raw materials. Online: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hintergrundpapier_Metallverbrauch-senken_PowerShift.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hintergrundpapier_Metallverbrauch-senken_PowerShift.pdf<\/a>, p. 18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"flex-row\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in clean\">\n<h3>Reduction potentials by increasing the useful life<sup>16<\/sup><\/h3>\n<p>If smartphones are used in Germany for four years instead of just two, the annual metal requirement can be halved.<\/p>\n<p>So far, around 30 million tonnes of resources have been wasted in the EU because they are disposed of at an early stage. This creates 260 million tonnes of unnecessary greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<div class=\"footnote-item\"><span class=\"footnote-number\">16<\/span>Ibid., p. 22<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box fade-in clean\">\n<figure class=\"balkendiagramm-smartphones\">Comparison: two years = 33,534 tonnes, four years = 16,767 tonnes<br \/>\ntwo years<br \/>\nvier Jahre33.534<br \/>\n16.767<figcaption>Metal demand for smartphones by service life (tonnes of RME)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-gray-bg\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-row-reverse\">\n<div class=\"text-box fade-in\">\n<h3>Reduction potential through recycling<\/h3>\n<p>Scrap from renewable energy technologies is expected to increase 30 times over the next few years. It is therefore of great importance to recover the metals contained.<\/p>\n<p>However, as there is still little experience in recycling in the EU, investment is needed in research and the expansion of recycling facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box fade-in clean\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nickel_End-of-Life_Abfaelle_im_Jahr_2030.png\" alt=\"Nickel end-of-life waste in 2030\" \/><figcaption>Own presentation. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/emerging-waste-streams-opportunities-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/emerging-waste-streams-opportunities-and<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box accent-green fade-in\">\n<h3>conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The negative social and environmental impacts of the nickel industry in Indonesia, the Philippines and New Caledonia are profound. Without a fundamental change in the use of resources, a rethinking of consumption and consumption habits as well as the implementation of concrete measures, the current approaches to combating the climate crisis will not be sufficient. The green transformation must be globally just, environmentally sustainable and attuned to planetary boundaries. Only in this way can it make a real contribution to a good future for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"block-content\">\n<div class=\"text-box\">Supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the<\/div>\n<div class=\"foerderhinweis-logos text-box\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"foerder-logo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EG_LOGO_RGB_aktuell-1.jpg\" alt=\"Engagement Global logo\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"foerder-logo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BMZ_2017_Web2x_de.gif\" alt=\"BMZ logo\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-box\">PowerShift e.V. is solely responsible for the content of this publication; the positions presented here do not reflect the views of Engagement Global gGmbH and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.<br \/>\nThe responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickel is one of the key metals for green transformation. Scroll from Germany to Indonesia and across the Philippines to New Caledonia. 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