Additionally, the synthesis study identifies entry points for multi- stakeholder dialogue towards a resilient, just and environmentally responsible supply of transition materials for Europe in the decades to come The overall topic is strongly related to areas of the OSF mission to contribute to stable and just democracies globally. [...] Without greater alignment on the scale of transition material supply that is required in the next years, alignment on action steps is challenging ▪ Restricted access to European financing for new transition material mining and processing projects, even for those that meet the highest standards for environmental and social impacts The connecting thread between these major challenges is a breakdown. [...] Additionally, we hope that such an exchange could provide a balance to current increasingly polarized debate and make it healthier and more democratic Supplying the growing material demand for the transition to sustainable energy and mobility systems in a responsible way is a big challenge for Europe A lack of trust between industry, civil society and communities could affect the reliability of re. [...] The stakeholder groups? There is little to no Some of them are too costly and Commission’s CRM Act proposal incentive for industry-led initiatives to businesses should have the freedom to provides the option for Strategic uncover and punish misdemeanours choose what standard works best for Projects to be individually certified as and breaches of environmental and them.” part of a recognised certif. [...] moratorium would be the undersigned, support a moratorium on deep-sea For this reason, no applications best option, as we need mining as a matter of precaution and commit not to for commercial mining of raw more time to conclusively source minerals from the deep seabed; to exclude materials in the deep-sea should study the potential such minerals from our supply chains; and not to be supported unt.
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Table of Contents
- Default Section 1
- Slide 1: Bridging divides: Building multi-stakeholder dialogue on Europe’s Transition Materials challenges Synthesis study report 1
- Slide 2: Synthesis study overview 2
- Slide 3: Summary (1/3) – supplying the growing material demand for the transition to sustainable energy and mobility systems is a big challenge for europe 3
- Slide 4: Summary (2/3) – a lack of trust between industry, civil society and communities could affect the reliability of transition material supply for Europe 4
- Slide 5: Summary (3/3) – priority topics are identified where multi-stakeholder dialogue could lead to improved outcomes for society and the environment, and start to rebuild trust 5
- Slide 6: Table of contents 6
- Slide 7: Chapter 1 – current situation 7
- Slide 8: Resource security for transition materials is on top of the agenda of decision-makers in policy, industry, civil society and academia 8
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- Slide 10: …And transition material supplies are highly geographically concentrated globally 10
- Slide 11: Key research institutions agree that a variety of approaches will be needed to increase resource security whilst also mitigating impacts on environment and people 11
- Slide 12: New mining and refining is needed to close the supply gap without further increasing import dependency, in particular for battery materials 12
- Slide 13: For the projected demand for four key battery materials alone, the EU would require output from the equivalent of ~30 additional mines by 2o30 13
- Slide 14: To meet domestic demand, Europe will have to strengthen supplies from resource-holding countries, based on equitable trade relationships 14
- Slide 15: The critical raw materials act (CRMA) introduces a goal of sourcing 10 per cent of mined and 40 per cent of refined material from the EU to support supply security 15
- Slide 16: Table of contents 16
- Slide 17: Chapter 2 – state of the debate 17
- Slide 18: We extensively researched published content from and conducted numerous interviews with key stakeholders to identify areas of high importance and openings for dialogue 18
- Slide 19: Three challenges around the responsible supply of transition materials are highlighted 19
- Slide 20: challenge 1: Community Opposition to new mining or material processing / manufacturing projects, which can slow or halt projects 20
- Slide 21: challenge 2: There still is a lack of alignment on transition material supply and demand projections 21
- Slide 22: challenge 3: EU financing rules and concessionary financing vehicles do not support transition material projects sufficiently 22
- Slide 23: Underlying these Challenges is mutual distrust, especially between industry and civil society 23
- Slide 24: Table of contents 24
- Slide 25: Chapter 3 – potential pathways forward 25
- Slide 26: There was broad agreement amongst the interviewees and in publications, that the Responsible scale-up of transition material supplies in europe would benefit from greater dialogue between industry and civil society 26
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- Slide 28: The interviews AND RESEARCH have shown that there are nine promising entry points for multi-stakeholder dialogue 28
- Slide 29: 1. Financing (1/2): Financing of transition material mining, refining and recycling projects is a focal point for debate 29
- Slide 30: 1. Financing (2/2): There are two different reforms to financing already underway in parallel, to the EU taxonomy and the EU innovation fund 30
- Slide 31: 2. Permitting (1/2): Both industry and civil society argue - for different reasons - that current permitting processes do not work well 31
- Slide 32: 2. Permitting (2/2): There could be improved permitting processes that could be more efficient while maintaining public consultations and upholding environmental and social safeguards 32
- Slide 33: 3. Standard-setting: Stakeholders agree that harmonised eSg standards for mining, refining and recycling are necessary and a multi-stakeholder dialogue process could help 33
- Slide 34: 4. Demand-side action 1/2: stakeholders disagree on the importance and feasibility of demand-side actions to “flatten the curve” of demand growth 34
- Slide 35: 4. Demand-side action 2/2: multi-stakeholder dialogue could test arguments and assumptions to increase understanding of this topic on all sides 35
- Slide 36: 5. Recycling (1/2): Most stakeholders are united in their aim to scale-up recycling as a key lever to scale up supplies of transition materials, and reduce impacts 36
- Slide 37: 5. Recycling (2/2): Especially transition material recycling projects could provide an entry point for trust building 37
- Slide 38: 6. Global trading (1/2): Europe needs to diversify and strengthen trade relationships with resource-holding countries and ensure that the relationships follow just transition principles 38
- Slide 39: 6. Global trading (2/2): A multi-stakeholder dialogue could focus on principles for trade relationships including social and environmental impacts in RESOURCE-HOLDING COUNTRIES 39
- Slide 40: 7. Deep-sea mining: highly controversial issue could be an entry-point for dialogue because of potential alignment between (parts of) industry and civil society 40
- Slide 41: 8. Green premium: There could be aligned interests in defining the criteria and approach for securing a green premium that is based on transparent principles 41
- Slide 42: 9. Technology: prioritising and scaling-up new technologies for mining, refining and recycling with lower socioeconomic or environmental impacts 42
- Slide 43: Conclusion: this synthesis study identifies an appetite for increased multi-stakeholder dialogue on transition materials in Europe, and a “menu” of topics for dialogue 43
