Publications & Insight

Briefing Notes, NGO Statements

A Partnership of Equals?

How to strengthen the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Strategic Partnerships

14/11/2023

Forest Watch

A catastrophe foretold: Nickel-mining in Indonesia, where mining interests hold all the cards

The EU cannot be complicit in the destruction linked to nickel-mining as Free Trade and Critical Raw Materials talks go forward

14/11/2023

Forest Watch

Given the damaging drive for critical raw materials, how green can the energy ‘transition’ be?

Sustainability and human rights are being sidelined in nations’ drive to secure the trade in critical raw materials

12/07/2023

NGO position paper on Critical Raw Materials Act

Decarbonising and digitising the European Union (EU) economy will require a huge amount of raw materials. The EU is therefore working on the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), as part of their strategy for ensuring access.  

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10/07/2023

Forest Watch

Mining ‘sustainably’ for Critical Raw Materials, while demand rages on?

Social and environmental protections are urgently needed in the Commission’s Critical Raw Materials proposal.

11/04/2023

Critical Raw Materials: Mining on Sámi land without their consent

Europe is desperate to secure critical raw materials for the green energy and digital transitions. But mining must not happen on Sámi land without free, prior and informed consent from the Sámi people, says Karin Nutti Pilflykt.

24/03/2023