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IRTC24: Raw materials in a changing world
The second international conference of IRTC, the international expert network coordinated by ESM, took place in February 2024 in Torino, Italy. Find all information here
Talk: Current critical raw materials policies and their impacts
Join the talk of Alessa Hool with focus especially on the European Critical Raw Materials Act, its relation to policies in other countries (e.g. US, Japan, Korea) and how its more protectionist and centralised policies could impact industry dynamics, local stakeholders, as well as international relations at the session “Securing access to Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)” as part of the 32nd Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy on September 13, 2023. For more information see: unece.org/sustainable-energy/events/32nd-session-committee-sustainable-energy
Tage der Technik 2023 – Resource scarcity as a driver of innovation
Participation of Alessandra Hool at “Tage der Technik 2023” on the topic Strategic raw materials for “Switzerland of the future” The demand for raw materials for modern technologies, especially for low-emission energy generation and storage, is growing rapidly. The EU has defined raw materials such as lithium or rare earth metals as “strategic” since a regulation proposed in March 2023; subjecting them to special security regulations in the future. The international race for raw materials can have an impact on research and development, as well as on industries that do not import raw materials in pure form, but semi-finished products or components. Particularly in the field of circular economy, Switzerland could create an active instrument for resource security that is also ecologically and socially sustainable. Tage der Technik
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