The European Union (EU) has recently announced two major legislations.
They are the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) and the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).
The NZIA aims to meet at least 40 per cent of the EU’s green technology needs through domestic manufacturing by 2030.
Eight technologies are identified as “strategic net zero technologies”.
The CRMA aims reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of critical raw materials by setting goals for their extraction, processing, and recycling within the EU.
The expected reduction level is, at least 10 per cent of the EU’s annual consumption for extraction, 40 per cent for processing, and 15 per cent for recycling by 2030.