Green At Home, Harm Abroad: Germany’s Role in Global Resource Exploitation

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In the global rush to address climate change, renewable energy has become the new frontier of international relations. Countries like Germany have positioned themselves at the forefront of the energy transition, heralding their commitments to climate neutrality and green technological innovation. Yet beneath this veneer of environmental responsibility lies a troubling continuity: the persistence of extractive, neo-colonial relationships with countries in the Global South and the European periphery.

The University of Bonn, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS) and Romero Initiative (CIR) invite you to a discussion on the involvement of German capital and politics in resource extraction for the energy transition. On this occasion, RLS is releasing the publication «Green At Home, Harm Abroad: Germany’s Role in Global Resource Exploitation», which compiles six case studies from Mexico, Indonesia, Serbia, Namibia, Chile and Brazil. During the event, we will discuss the social and ecological impacts of resource extraction and energy infrastructure for local communities with researchers and activists, evaluate the use of legal tools like the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Law to address human rights violations and emphasise the demands of researchers and activists toward a globally just energy transition.

Guests

• Lea Kammler – Research Associate and doctoral candidate at the DFG Humanities Centre for Advances Studies «Futures of Sustainabilities» at the University of Hamburg focusing on Just Energy Transition Partnerships and Nickel Mining in Indonesia
• Fabian Loriais – Legal Researcher and Editor focussing on Supply Chain Legislation, currently researching on the Green Hydrogen project Hyphen in Namibia
• Christian Wimberger – Advisor for Corporate Responsibility with Romero Initiative, working on a complaint against human rights violations in Mexican copper mining
• Bojana Novaković –Activist from Marš sa Drine in Serbia against the planned Lithium extraction in Jadar valley
• Gina Cortés Valderrama – Co-cordinator of the UNFCCC Women and Gender Constituency Just Transition Working Group

Facilitation

• Prof. Dr. Lisa Schipper – Professor for Development Geography at University of Bonn, her research focusses on fair adaptation to climate change in the Global South.
• Nadja Dorschner, Senior Advisor Asia, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Anlässlich der UN Klima-Zwischenverhandlungen in Bonn laden die Universität Bonn, die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (RLS) und die Romero Initiative (CIR) zur Diskussion mit Forscher*innenn und Aktivist*innen zum Thema gerechte Energiewende und Energiekolonialismus ein. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltung wird die neue RLS-Studie «Green At Home, Harm Abroad: Germany's Role in Global Resource Exploitation» vorgestellt, die anhand von Fallbeispielen aus sechs Ländern das Agieren von deutschem Kapital und Politik bei der Akquise von Rohstoffen für die Energiewende untersucht.

Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch. Alle Interessierten sind willkommen teilzunehmen.

Pressevertreter*innen sind herzlich eingeladen, Kontakt: Alrun Kaune-Nüßlein, alrun.kaune-nuesslein@rosalux.org