Minerals have gained much attention in the context of policies around ‘sustainability transformations’. A majority of countries in the Global North and South has pledged large-scale decarbonization efforts to reach the 1.5°Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement and place high hopes on ‘green’ technologies. A key element of such technologies are battery systems for electric vehicles and stationary [...]

As part of its efforts to secure access to critical raw materials (CRMs), the EU has concluded Strategic Partnerships on Raw Materials with 14 non-EU countries. These partnerships aim to diversify supply sources and to deepen ties with resource-rich countries, thereby strengthening the resilience of CRM supply chains. They are part of the EU’s partnership approach that has become a central feature [...]

Fair trade has over the course of the last 30 years become a forceful model for socially and environmentally sustainable North-South trade. As such, it has given thousands of poor farmers and their families an economic alternative which has made them less dependent on the vagaries of the global market, and pays them a premium which can be used to foster socio-economic development. Nevertheless, [...]

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Home EZA-Infothek Die Entwicklungen der ODA-Leistungen von 1970 bis 2020 Die Entwicklungen der ODA-Leistungen von 1970 bis 2020 Österreich zählt trotz der Corona-Krise im Jahr 2020 zu den Staaten, die von der Mitgliedschaft in der europäischen Gemeinschaft und der gewachsenen multilateralen Bedeutung wirtschaftlich am stärksten profitiert haben. Das bedeutet nicht nur einen gewissen Wohlstand, [...]

The production and consumption of raw materials such as coffee, cocoa and cotton have created extensive but unequal links between the Global North and Global South. The structure and governance of these links have changed over time, but have been determined mainly by a few multinational companies since the 1980s. Within global production networks, these companies trade these commodities or process [...]