Sirpa Pietikäinen is the guest of this new episode of the European States of Mind podcast, prepared and hosted by Eloïse Bodin.
Biodiversity should not be endangered in the name of the energy transition. This is what former Finnish Minister for the Environment Sirpa Pietikäinen’s advocates, as she expresses disapproval about recent European legislation which encourages the creation of new mines at the risk of damaging biodiversity, in the name of strategic autonomy. Yet the reuse of critical materials and the circular economy could have been Europe's best assets. In this exchange with Eloïse Bodin, Sirpa Pietikäinen also points to the benefits for private companies and the labour market.
