To take an interdisciplinary approach to systematically develop coordinated energy and raw material policies:
Modern-day energy and resource policy is increasingly caught in the area of tension between safeguarding an assured, sustainable and cost-conscious supply and questions of distributive justice. Awareness of the need for regulatory energy and raw material policy has grown in light of the increasing scarcity of resources and reserves. Approaches for energy and raw material governance have already been developed in Germany and Europe. However, generally-accepted principles must still be found.