{"id":30312,"date":"2026-09-14T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/?p=30312"},"modified":"2026-09-14T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:22:38","slug":"policy-narratives-on-eu-raw-materials-supply-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/policy-narratives-on-eu-raw-materials-supply-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy narratives on EU raw materials supply security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst scientists have been emphasising the need to reduce Europe&#x2019;s demand for raw materials for decades, political narratives have focused primarily on securing the supply of raw materials. A recent analysis based on 183 policy documents (2000&#x2013;2024) has examined this contradiction and found that most stakeholders in the EU do not see any viable alternatives to supply-oriented approaches.<\/p>\n<p>This is a consequence of EU policy, which gives priority to supply-side measures. The analysis of the EU&#x2019;s raw materials discourse shows that the 2024 Critical Raw Materials Act represents the culmination of a narrative on security of supply that has remained remarkably consistent for almost 25 years. Securing resources has been framed as a matter of competitiveness, thereby pushing calls for demand reduction, self-sufficiency and resource justice into the background.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis therefore proposes strategies for developing narratives aimed at reducing demand for raw materials, with a view to facilitating their political implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43247-026-03593-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s43247-026-03593-x<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst scientists have been emphasising the need to reduce Europe\u2019s demand for raw materials for decades, political narratives have focused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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