Upcoming Presentation by the ESM: “Critical Raw Materials as Geopolitical Leverage”

Join the presentation “Critical Raw Materials as Geopolitical Leverage? Security of Supply Between Dependency and Geopolitics” with Alessandra Hool, Managing Director of the ESM Foundation, on May 20, 2026, hosted by the Kaderschule Zürich. The presentation will be held in German.

Critical raw materials such as rare earths, lithium, and cobalt are essential for the energy transition, digitalization, and defense. This lecture will highlight their economic and technological significance, analyze risks to supply security and the resulting geopolitical tensions, and discuss strategies for securing raw materials—from companies, the EU, other major powers, and Switzerland’s scope for action.