The world of raw materials 2050: Scoping future dynamics in raw materials through scenarios

The INTRAW project - European Union's International Observatory for Raw Material - is working towards a sustainable future for the European Union in terms of access to raw materials. One of the major exercises is the evaluation of potential future scenarios for 2050 to help framing economic, research, and environmental policy development. The INTRAW consortium developed three possible future scenarios that encompass defined regimes of political, economic, and technological parameters to provide simulations of impacts resulting from expected conditions for 2050.