Descrizione del progetto
La corsa alle materie prime critiche
Le materie prime critiche sono essenziali per la nostra economia odierna. Senza minerali quali il litio, il cobalto e il rame, i progressi nell’ambito della digitalizzazione e delle tecnologie per l’energia rinnovabile sarebbero limitati. Alla luce di queste premesse, il progetto CIRAN, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà processi per bilanciare il desiderio della società di proteggere le aree ecologicamente sensibili e la sua crescente esigenza di materie prime critiche mediante un approvvigionamento locale di provenienza comunitaria. In particolare, il progetto esplorerà procedure di autorizzazione basate su politiche moderne e nuovi quadri di contratti sociali. CIRAN riunirà parti interessate composte da esperti esterni e svilupperà una comunità di pratica. Gli esperti forniranno assistenza nell’analisi di svariati aspetti, quali politiche, fattori economici, tecnologie, metodi di estrazione, governance locale, capitale sociale, conservazione della natura ed esigenze di protezione della biodiversità.
Obiettivo
CIRAN will develop, test and validate processes to arrive at systemic policy-making, balancing environmental protection and societal needs for accessing critical raw materials (CRMs). This will be achieved through: 1) streamlined permitting procedures in environmentally protected areas; 2) modern policies and social contract frameworks that reconcile the protection of environmentally sensitive areas and domestic sourcing of CRMs in the EU; and 3) the development of a community of practice to support the uptake of the CIRAN recommendation and that will remain active after the project funding period.
CIRAN proposes a logical framework that justifies extraction on the basis of a system-oriented assessment and the co-creation of knowledge (i.e. tested and validated by communities located in or nearby environmentally protected areas). It will create novel social contract models identifying rights, obligations and responsibilities of governments (national/regional), communities and mine operators, capable of dealing with transformations and challenges due to climate change.
As a distinctive feature, CIRAN brings together 25 external experts on the environmental, political, social, economic, and technological factors that will shape the energy transition responses and the demand for CRMs. These experts, organised in four Expert Groups (EGs), will work with the Consortium, conveying insights on policy-making and -implementation, economic drivers, technologies, mining, local governance, social capital, nature conservation and biodiversity. The EGs will actively engage in CIRAN through synergetic processes combining analysis and deliberation, and participation in project workshops and structured consultations (e.g. focus groups, foresight analysis).
The Consortium is geared to develop inclusive policy-making instruments that support the EU Green Deal and UN-led reforms to reach the climate commitments and sustainable development goals.
Campo scientifico
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processing
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgio
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.