UCL ISR "The EU Raw Materials Initiative: Responding to key legal and policy challenges" in collaboration with the UCL Faculty of Laws and the UCL European Institute.

Panel 1: The European Union Raw Materials Initiative: The Raw Materials Problem

This panel aims to set the scene of the policy drivers for the European Commission's Raw Materials Initiative (RMI). It will focus on resources upon the EU transition to a low carbon economy beyond 2020 and introduce the international dimension of the raw materials problem discussing the implications, opportunities and challenges of the EU policy on access and supply of raw materials from third countries.

Moderated by Professor Raimund Bleischwitz, UCL ISR

Panel Members:
Professor Mark Maslin, Professor of Climatology, UCL Geography
Andrew Bloodworth, Head of Science: Minerals and Waste, British Geological Survey
Jaakko Kooroshy, Research Fellow, Energy, Environment & Resource Governance, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House