Panel discussion: Energy partnerships on an equal footing? Dangers and Opportunities of Foreign Energy Policy

Panel discussion: Energy partnerships on an equal footing? Dangers and Opportunities of Foreign Energy Policy

From Leonel / 30.03.2024 Comments Disabled

The energy crisis in Germany was recently declared over by Federal Minister Robert Habeck. In recent years, the traffic light government has campaigned for numerous ‘energy partnerships’ with other countries and [...]

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Webinar: Practically implementing the raw material transition, saving on primary raw materials

Webinar: Practically implementing the raw material transition, saving on primary raw materials

From Leonel / 27.03.2024 Comments Disabled

In the coalition agreement, the German government promised in 2021 to reduce primary raw material consumption. However, this has not yet been achieved in the area of metallic raw materials. Countries such as Germany have to reduce their primary raw material consumption.

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Crash Course Commodity Transition June 2024 in Hamburg

Crash Course Commodity Transition June 2024 in Hamburg

From Leonel / 27.03.2024 Comments Disabled

‘The journey of copper: From the mine to the port to resource-efficient mobility" for political activists and multipliers from parties, trade unions, media, social movements and environmental and development organisations...

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Crash course climate-friendly heating networks

Crash course climate-friendly heating networks

From Leonel / 14.03.2024 Comments Disabled

We are in the middle of the climate crisis, extreme weather events are accumulating. It is high time to change the way we do things, including in the heating sector. This is because not only the CO2 emissions generated by the combustion of coal, [...]

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Press release on the Critical Raw Materials Act

Press release

Press release

Press release on the Critical Raw Materials Act

From Adrian Bornmann / 12.12.2023 Comments Disabled

Berlin, 12.12.2023: The European Parliament today wants to give the green light to an investment plan in the raw materials sector. German environmental and development organizations fear the weakening of environmental standards in Europe and human rights violations.

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The Green Divide? – Europe's climate action and the Global South

The Green Divide? – Europe's climate action and the Global South

From Leonel / 15.11.2023 Comments Disabled

The urgent question is: What about Europe's climate policy and the Global South? At first glance, it seems that the measures taken here in Europe [...]

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Politically controversial, weak content: The China-EU Investment Agreement

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Politically controversial, weak content: The China-EU Investment Agreement

From Merle Groneweg / 18.02.2022 Comments Disabled

The investment agreement between China and the EU is highly controversial – and its future uncertain. Whether and when it will be ratified by the European Parliament is unclear. Nevertheless, [...]

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Integrating environmental and climate protection into trade agreements

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Integrating environmental and climate protection into trade agreements

From Fabian Flues / 11.05.2020 Comments Disabled

How trade agreements contribute to a more sustainable global economy could in many cases jeopardise ambitious environmental and climate protection. But that doesn't have to be the case. A variety of proposals exist, such as trade agreements...

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Can trade policy protect the environment?

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Can trade policy protect the environment?

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

The sustainability chapters in EU trade agreements For many years, consumer protection organisations, environmental associations and trade unions, as well as political decision-makers, have criticised the fact that the EU's trade policy...

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Regulatory cooperation in CETA

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Regulatory cooperation in CETA

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

Danger to the environment and consumers? Regulatory cooperation is an important part of the EU's new free trade agreements. Among other things, it is part of the agreement between Canada and the EU, the Comprehensive Economic [...]

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