Tuesday 5 October, 15:00-16:30 CEST

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The EEB and Friends of the Earth Europe are glad to invite you to the Report launch: Green mining’ is a myth: the case for cutting EU resource consumption.

The mining and use of metals and minerals have come under the political spotlight. The demand for many metals is predicted to rapidly increase under the EU’s twin green and digital transition plans.

But how do we avoid a new rush on mining and further resource grabs? Can mining really be green? How is the EU’s material overconsumption and growth-based economic model playing a role in this? What are the real impacts of increasing mining on people and the planet? Can we ensure a future with less mining?

Come find out the report’s key findings and join a lively debate, moderated by EU policy expert and journalist Jennifer Baker, between report authors, members of the European Commission, the European Parliament, and one of the many grassroots citizen movements against a proposed lithium mine in Northern Portugal.

Agenda

Welcome by Jagoda Munić, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe

Brief presentation of the report’s key findings by two of its authors Meadhbh Bolger, resource justice campaigner, Friends of the Earth Europe and Diego Marin, environmental justice policy officer, European Environmental Bureau

Remarks and inputs from panel:

• Sara Matthieu, Greens Member of the European Parliament and city councillor in Ghent
• Peter Handley, Head of Unit Head of Energy-Intensive Industries and Raw Materials, DG GROW, European Commission
• Catarina Alves Scarrott, Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso, Portugal

Panel debate with authors and panellists – taking questions from audience

Closing by Jeremy Wates, Secretary General, European Environmental Bureau

Join the discussion!