⛏️ On the occasion of the EU #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, it's important to think about the human rights and environmental risks of rushing to secure transition minerals, particularly the impact of mining for these minerals on #IndigenousPeoples.
Learn more🧵👇
Learn more🧵👇
December 12, 2024 at 11:26 AM
⛏️ On the occasion of the EU #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, it's important to think about the human rights and environmental risks of rushing to secure transition minerals, particularly the impact of mining for these minerals on #IndigenousPeoples.
Learn more🧵👇
Learn more🧵👇
As the EU advances its deregulation agenda, mining in the #DRC continues to displace people, destroy forests and fuel conflict. During #RawMaterialsWeek, the EU must consider how its decisions affect those most harmed by the global rush for minerals.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As the EU advances its deregulation agenda, mining in the #DRC continues to displace people, destroy forests and fuel conflict. During #RawMaterialsWeek, the EU must consider how its decisions affect those most harmed by the global rush for minerals.
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
www.forestpeoples.org/publications...
This morning, industry and EU functionaries received a grand welcome to the #RawMaterialsWeek. Grassroots orgs & people affected by mining demanded: No minerals for militarisation! Yes to Life, No to Mining!
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This morning, industry and EU functionaries received a grand welcome to the #RawMaterialsWeek. Grassroots orgs & people affected by mining demanded: No minerals for militarisation! Yes to Life, No to Mining!
#TBT: Looking back at #RawMaterialsWeek in Brussels!
We teamed up with 11 other EU-funded initiatives to co-organise the event “Crossroads of Innovation: Shared Challenges and Joint Solutions in Raw Materials.”
👉 bloomproject.eu/exciting-tim...
#HorizonEurope #CriticalRawMaterials
We teamed up with 11 other EU-funded initiatives to co-organise the event “Crossroads of Innovation: Shared Challenges and Joint Solutions in Raw Materials.”
👉 bloomproject.eu/exciting-tim...
#HorizonEurope #CriticalRawMaterials
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#TBT: Looking back at #RawMaterialsWeek in Brussels!
We teamed up with 11 other EU-funded initiatives to co-organise the event “Crossroads of Innovation: Shared Challenges and Joint Solutions in Raw Materials.”
👉 bloomproject.eu/exciting-tim...
#HorizonEurope #CriticalRawMaterials
We teamed up with 11 other EU-funded initiatives to co-organise the event “Crossroads of Innovation: Shared Challenges and Joint Solutions in Raw Materials.”
👉 bloomproject.eu/exciting-tim...
#HorizonEurope #CriticalRawMaterials
🎉Great news from Serbia! After decades of civil society resistance, the mining project in Jadar valley has been suspended. Nice to start the traditionally industry-dominated EU #RawMaterialsWeek with a people power win.
Hear from Jadar organiser Aleksandra:
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...
Hear from Jadar organiser Aleksandra:
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...
Lithium in Serbia: People Power topples corporate greed - Friends of the Earth Europe
Amazing news for the people’s resistance against irresponsible mining: After decades of protest by Serbian civil society, the multinational Rio Tinto has halted its lithium exploration project in Jada...
friendsoftheearth.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🎉Great news from Serbia! After decades of civil society resistance, the mining project in Jadar valley has been suspended. Nice to start the traditionally industry-dominated EU #RawMaterialsWeek with a people power win.
Hear from Jadar organiser Aleksandra:
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...
Hear from Jadar organiser Aleksandra:
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...
Next Monday morning in Brussels: Our #RawMaterialsWeek Side-event in cooperation with @eeb.org and @transportenvironment.org. 👇
Europe is seeking to develop new mines for critical raw materials in order to secure supply chains. However, environmental standards and public participation remain a cause for concern. At #EURawMaterialsWeek, we will discuss ways to achieve more sustainable mining. 👉 power-shift.de/termin/gover...
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Next Monday morning in Brussels: Our #RawMaterialsWeek Side-event in cooperation with @eeb.org and @transportenvironment.org. 👇
"Onder het mom van versterking van de competitiviteit ondermijnt de EU normen die de bescherming van #milieu en #mensenrechten moeten versterken, zoals de zorgplichtwet of wetgeving tegen ontbossing," zegt collega @thomascraenen.bsky.social nav #RawMaterialsWeek Lees PB mailchi.mp/broederlijkd...
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Onder het mom van versterking van de competitiviteit ondermijnt de EU normen die de bescherming van #milieu en #mensenrechten moeten versterken, zoals de zorgplichtwet of wetgeving tegen ontbossing," zegt collega @thomascraenen.bsky.social nav #RawMaterialsWeek Lees PB mailchi.mp/broederlijkd...
Nächste Woche fahre ich mit meiner Kollegin @hnhpilgrim.bsky.social zur #RawMaterialsWeek nach Brüssel. Wir werden uns vor Ort dafür einsetzen, dass Themen wie Reduktion des Verbrauchs und Einhaltung von #Menschenrechten beim Abbau diskutiert werden. Unsere Positionen: power-shift.de/positionspap...
November 6, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Nächste Woche fahre ich mit meiner Kollegin @hnhpilgrim.bsky.social zur #RawMaterialsWeek nach Brüssel. Wir werden uns vor Ort dafür einsetzen, dass Themen wie Reduktion des Verbrauchs und Einhaltung von #Menschenrechten beim Abbau diskutiert werden. Unsere Positionen: power-shift.de/positionspap...
« EU legislators don’t know exactly what is happening on the ground » says @saskiabricmont.bsky.social at EU #RawMaterialsWeek to highlight the importance of working with Southern countries impacted by transition minerals extraction & Free Trade Agreements.
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 9:18 AM
« EU legislators don’t know exactly what is happening on the ground » says @saskiabricmont.bsky.social at EU #RawMaterialsWeek to highlight the importance of working with Southern countries impacted by transition minerals extraction & Free Trade Agreements.
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
@somoamsterdam.bsky.social
🪨 Silicio, aluminio y litio son las materias primas más críticas.
🚗🌞 Coches eléctricos o paneles solares serían las tecnologías más afectadas por su escasez, según un estudio de @ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social @csic.es @upv.es
#RawMaterialsWeek
delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/la-escasez-d...
🚗🌞 Coches eléctricos o paneles solares serían las tecnologías más afectadas por su escasez, según un estudio de @ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social @csic.es @upv.es
#RawMaterialsWeek
delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/la-escasez-d...
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🪨 Silicio, aluminio y litio son las materias primas más críticas.
🚗🌞 Coches eléctricos o paneles solares serían las tecnologías más afectadas por su escasez, según un estudio de @ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social @csic.es @upv.es
#RawMaterialsWeek
delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/la-escasez-d...
🚗🌞 Coches eléctricos o paneles solares serían las tecnologías más afectadas por su escasez, según un estudio de @ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social @csic.es @upv.es
#RawMaterialsWeek
delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/la-escasez-d...
Während der #CriticalRawMaterialsAct intensiv verhandelt wird, bin ich gerade mit zahlreiche Orgas des AK Rohstoffe bei der #RawMaterialsWeek in Brüssel. In unserem aktuellen Newsletter berichten wir, um was es geht und was wir einfordern. ak-rohstoffe.de/ak-rohstoffe...
November 13, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Während der #CriticalRawMaterialsAct intensiv verhandelt wird, bin ich gerade mit zahlreiche Orgas des AK Rohstoffe bei der #RawMaterialsWeek in Brüssel. In unserem aktuellen Newsletter berichten wir, um was es geht und was wir einfordern. ak-rohstoffe.de/ak-rohstoffe...
We're at EU #RawMaterialsWeek, bringing together CSOs & EU decision makers to look at how transition mineral producing African countries can truly benefit from their resources. It’s time the EU allows them to become more than raw materials exporters!
@nrginstitute.bsky.social @bjverbeek.bsky.social
@nrginstitute.bsky.social @bjverbeek.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 1:43 PM
We're at EU #RawMaterialsWeek, bringing together CSOs & EU decision makers to look at how transition mineral producing African countries can truly benefit from their resources. It’s time the EU allows them to become more than raw materials exporters!
@nrginstitute.bsky.social @bjverbeek.bsky.social
@nrginstitute.bsky.social @bjverbeek.bsky.social
Full house here at #RawMaterialsWeek opening session.
December 9, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Full house here at #RawMaterialsWeek opening session.
LIVE🔴
🌎⛏️ The EEB's Diego Marin and Heinrich-Böll Foundation's Johanna Sydow are panellists at the 11th Annual High-Level Conference on Raw Materials for #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, representing the EU #RawMaterialsCoalition!
Tune in now👇https://rawmaterialsweek2024.woogie.tech/streaming
🌎⛏️ The EEB's Diego Marin and Heinrich-Böll Foundation's Johanna Sydow are panellists at the 11th Annual High-Level Conference on Raw Materials for #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, representing the EU #RawMaterialsCoalition!
Tune in now👇https://rawmaterialsweek2024.woogie.tech/streaming
December 11, 2024 at 11:04 AM
LIVE🔴
🌎⛏️ The EEB's Diego Marin and Heinrich-Böll Foundation's Johanna Sydow are panellists at the 11th Annual High-Level Conference on Raw Materials for #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, representing the EU #RawMaterialsCoalition!
Tune in now👇https://rawmaterialsweek2024.woogie.tech/streaming
🌎⛏️ The EEB's Diego Marin and Heinrich-Böll Foundation's Johanna Sydow are panellists at the 11th Annual High-Level Conference on Raw Materials for #RawMaterialsWeek 2024, representing the EU #RawMaterialsCoalition!
Tune in now👇https://rawmaterialsweek2024.woogie.tech/streaming
Honoured to intervene at an event organised by civil society at #RawMaterialsWeek
#EU has developed various instruments to secure its supply chains,but none puts free prior inform consent & ILO 169 Conv at its heart, while half of critical minerals projects are on Indigenous or peasants territories
#EU has developed various instruments to secure its supply chains,but none puts free prior inform consent & ILO 169 Conv at its heart, while half of critical minerals projects are on Indigenous or peasants territories
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Honoured to intervene at an event organised by civil society at #RawMaterialsWeek
#EU has developed various instruments to secure its supply chains,but none puts free prior inform consent & ILO 169 Conv at its heart, while half of critical minerals projects are on Indigenous or peasants territories
#EU has developed various instruments to secure its supply chains,but none puts free prior inform consent & ILO 169 Conv at its heart, while half of critical minerals projects are on Indigenous or peasants territories
🗣️Davide Consoli (@ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social): “El objetivo era comprobar la viabilidad de la #transiciónverde considerando el doble papel de los países, como desarrolladores de tecnologías verdes y como proveedores de materias críticas" 👇
Delegación CSIC Comunitat Valenciana - Casa de la Ciència (@dicv.csic.es)
🪨 Silicio, aluminio y litio son las materias primas más críticas.
🚗🌞 Coches eléctricos o paneles solares serían las tecnologías más afectadas por su escasez, según un estudio de @ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social @csic.es @upv.es
#RawMaterialsWeek
https://delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/la-escasez-de-silicio-aluminio-y-litio-pone-en-riesgo-tecnologias-clave-para-la-transicion-verde
f.mtr.cool
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🗣️Davide Consoli (@ingeniocsicupv.bsky.social): “El objetivo era comprobar la viabilidad de la #transiciónverde considerando el doble papel de los países, como desarrolladores de tecnologías verdes y como proveedores de materias críticas" 👇
#RawMaterialsWeek
Weitere interessante Veranstaltung der #RawMaterialsCoalition
Gerade berichtet Carina Gustafsson über die Vorhaben Seltene Erden in der Nähe des schwed. Lake Vättern abzubauen. Frischwasserquelle für 500.000 Menschen. Mehr im Bericht von @eeb.org u FOEE: eeb.org/wp-content/u...
Weitere interessante Veranstaltung der #RawMaterialsCoalition
Gerade berichtet Carina Gustafsson über die Vorhaben Seltene Erden in der Nähe des schwed. Lake Vättern abzubauen. Frischwasserquelle für 500.000 Menschen. Mehr im Bericht von @eeb.org u FOEE: eeb.org/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2023 at 3:43 PM
#RawMaterialsWeek
Weitere interessante Veranstaltung der #RawMaterialsCoalition
Gerade berichtet Carina Gustafsson über die Vorhaben Seltene Erden in der Nähe des schwed. Lake Vättern abzubauen. Frischwasserquelle für 500.000 Menschen. Mehr im Bericht von @eeb.org u FOEE: eeb.org/wp-content/u...
Weitere interessante Veranstaltung der #RawMaterialsCoalition
Gerade berichtet Carina Gustafsson über die Vorhaben Seltene Erden in der Nähe des schwed. Lake Vättern abzubauen. Frischwasserquelle für 500.000 Menschen. Mehr im Bericht von @eeb.org u FOEE: eeb.org/wp-content/u...
In the EU clean energy race, which interests win out? Rushing to secure access to minerals, or putting human rights first?
Ahead of EU #RawMaterialsWeek,
Caroline Avan, @robinmroels.bsky.social @eeb.org & Tommy Pratama on what cases in Serbia & Indonesia mean for the #CRMA & #CSDDD 1/
Ahead of EU #RawMaterialsWeek,
Caroline Avan, @robinmroels.bsky.social @eeb.org & Tommy Pratama on what cases in Serbia & Indonesia mean for the #CRMA & #CSDDD 1/
November 29, 2024 at 12:53 PM
In the EU clean energy race, which interests win out? Rushing to secure access to minerals, or putting human rights first?
Ahead of EU #RawMaterialsWeek,
Caroline Avan, @robinmroels.bsky.social @eeb.org & Tommy Pratama on what cases in Serbia & Indonesia mean for the #CRMA & #CSDDD 1/
Ahead of EU #RawMaterialsWeek,
Caroline Avan, @robinmroels.bsky.social @eeb.org & Tommy Pratama on what cases in Serbia & Indonesia mean for the #CRMA & #CSDDD 1/
Join us at the EU #RawMaterialsWeek !
🎙️A multi-stakeholder dialogue seeking to identify actionable steps to advance value addition and ensure equal energy access⚖️
🗓️10/12/24
🕐2pm-3:30pm
📍Bergen Room, Thon Hotel
Register now🔗 eu.jotform.com/form/2431846...
🎙️A multi-stakeholder dialogue seeking to identify actionable steps to advance value addition and ensure equal energy access⚖️
🗓️10/12/24
🕐2pm-3:30pm
📍Bergen Room, Thon Hotel
Register now🔗 eu.jotform.com/form/2431846...
December 5, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Join us at the EU #RawMaterialsWeek !
🎙️A multi-stakeholder dialogue seeking to identify actionable steps to advance value addition and ensure equal energy access⚖️
🗓️10/12/24
🕐2pm-3:30pm
📍Bergen Room, Thon Hotel
Register now🔗 eu.jotform.com/form/2431846...
🎙️A multi-stakeholder dialogue seeking to identify actionable steps to advance value addition and ensure equal energy access⚖️
🗓️10/12/24
🕐2pm-3:30pm
📍Bergen Room, Thon Hotel
Register now🔗 eu.jotform.com/form/2431846...
🗻 If you're in Brussels for this year's EU #RawMaterialsWeek, check out this session on "Ensuring Human Rights and Environmental Accountability in EU Raw Materials Policies – The Interplay of the CSDDD, Batteries Regulation, and the CRMA" we're organizing! 🤩
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
Joseph Wilde-Ramsing on LinkedIn: #rawmaterialsweek
🗻 Will you be in Brussels for this year's EU #RawMaterialsWeek? If so...
🤩 Check out this interesting session on "Ensuring Human Rights and Environmental…
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November 30, 2024 at 7:14 AM
🗻 If you're in Brussels for this year's EU #RawMaterialsWeek, check out this session on "Ensuring Human Rights and Environmental Accountability in EU Raw Materials Policies – The Interplay of the CSDDD, Batteries Regulation, and the CRMA" we're organizing! 🤩
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph...
Vanavond om 18u30 getuigen Yovana Mamani, Mirtha Villanueva en Jorge Campanini over de impact van de ontginning van lithium in #Bolivia, van koper en goud in Peru, en de rol die Europese & andere bedrijven & overheden daarbij spelen. #RawMaterialsWeek Meer info 👇 broederlijkdelen.be/nl/agenda/ge...
Gespreksavond – Mijnbouw als oplossing voor klimaatcrisis en armoede?
Gespreksavond over hoe ons grondstoffengebruik botst met de rechten van mens en natuur: een getuigenverslag uit de Andes in Bolivia en Peru.
broederlijkdelen.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Vanavond om 18u30 getuigen Yovana Mamani, Mirtha Villanueva en Jorge Campanini over de impact van de ontginning van lithium in #Bolivia, van koper en goud in Peru, en de rol die Europese & andere bedrijven & overheden daarbij spelen. #RawMaterialsWeek Meer info 👇 broederlijkdelen.be/nl/agenda/ge...
Don't miss out on the EU Raw Materials Coalition's side events during #RawMaterialsWeek!
📅 When: December 9–13
🌍 Where: Brussels & online
🚀 Key topics: Critical raw materials policy, just transition & sustainable resource management.
➡️ Explore all side events & register: eurmc.org/all-events/
📅 When: December 9–13
🌍 Where: Brussels & online
🚀 Key topics: Critical raw materials policy, just transition & sustainable resource management.
➡️ Explore all side events & register: eurmc.org/all-events/
December 4, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Don't miss out on the EU Raw Materials Coalition's side events during #RawMaterialsWeek!
📅 When: December 9–13
🌍 Where: Brussels & online
🚀 Key topics: Critical raw materials policy, just transition & sustainable resource management.
➡️ Explore all side events & register: eurmc.org/all-events/
📅 When: December 9–13
🌍 Where: Brussels & online
🚀 Key topics: Critical raw materials policy, just transition & sustainable resource management.
➡️ Explore all side events & register: eurmc.org/all-events/
'Africa is not retaining its transition minerals value. The EU must truly ensure win-win partnerships with African countries' says Ouleymatou Ngom from #PWYP in a powerful speech at EU #RawMaterialsWeek.
@saskiabricmont.bsky.social @eeb.org
@saskiabricmont.bsky.social @eeb.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:43 PM
'Africa is not retaining its transition minerals value. The EU must truly ensure win-win partnerships with African countries' says Ouleymatou Ngom from #PWYP in a powerful speech at EU #RawMaterialsWeek.
@saskiabricmont.bsky.social @eeb.org
@saskiabricmont.bsky.social @eeb.org
"Raw materials rock, in the devil side of the meaning", says Kerstin Jorna from the EU Com as a start of the 8th #RawMaterialsWeek in Brussels.
November 13, 2023 at 9:09 AM
"Raw materials rock, in the devil side of the meaning", says Kerstin Jorna from the EU Com as a start of the 8th #RawMaterialsWeek in Brussels.
Coneguts com a terres rares #REE aquests 17 elements de la taula periòdica tenen unes propietats indispensables per a una societat cada vegada més tecnològica que necessita recursos energètics alternatius per a mitigar els efectes del #canviclimatic. @cienciesterraub.bsky.social #RawMaterialsWeek
December 10, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Coneguts com a terres rares #REE aquests 17 elements de la taula periòdica tenen unes propietats indispensables per a una societat cada vegada més tecnològica que necessita recursos energètics alternatius per a mitigar els efectes del #canviclimatic. @cienciesterraub.bsky.social #RawMaterialsWeek