# Transitioning Materials Systems

Advancing resilient, sustainable and productive materials systems that support the value chains of tomorrow.

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## Bringing together global leaders to advance sustainable, resilient and productive value chains

Materials support every sector of the global economy, yet rising demand, concentrated supply chains, and environmental pressures create growing risks for industries and societies. Without coordinated action, these pressures will lead to increased price volatility, supply disruptions, and missed opportunities for innovation and sustainability. The Transitioning Materials Systems initiative brings together global leaders to advance resilient, sustainable and productive value chains by generating insights, fostering adaptive and interest-based coalitions, and accelerating innovation across the materials systems that underpin them.

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## Key focus areas

The initiative focuses on improving understanding of materials systems, strengthening public- private cooperation and accelerating action in key value chains.


### Strengthening supply chains resilience

Strengthening supply chains resilience by identifying risks and vulnerabilities in material dependent value chains and building pathways for sustainability and resilience.

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### Advancing innovation

Advancing innovation by mitigating risks and catalyzing the scale-up of emerging technologies and innovations that accelerate system-wide transformation.

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### Enhancing materials systems through public-private cooperation

Fostering adaptive and interest-based coalitions, to enhance the resilience, sustainability, and productivity of materials systems by uncovering key systemic challenges and cooperation pathways.

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## Our workstreams

The initiative consists of three complementary workstreams that together advance insights, cooperation, and action:

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### Materials Transitions in Power Infrastructure

Strengthening power infrastructure value chains by addressing material and manufacturing constraints and enabling faster deployment of resilient and low-carbon electricity systems.

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### Material Innovation Dialogues

Advancing materials innovation to unlock next-generation materials solutions and strengthen resilient, sustainable and productive materials systems.

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### Collaboration for Enhanced Materials Systems

Identifying, via public-private dialogue, actionable collaboration pathways to strengthen the resilience, sustainability and productivity of materials systems in an increasingly multi-polar world.

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## Our latest insights

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### The Future of Materials Systems: Cooperation Opportunities in a Multipolar World

Stronger collaboration between countries and industries on materials is now essential to maintaining resilience, productivity and sustainability.

[Read the report](https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-materials-systems-cooperation-opportunities-in-a-multipolar-world/)


### From Minerals to Megawatts: Building Resilience for EVs, Data Centres and Power Grids

This paper tracks the key minerals required across these value chains and suggests how to strengthen their supply chains.


## Supporting the Securing Minerals for the Energy Transition initiative

The Future of Material programme is also mobilizing action in the space of critical minerals for the energy transition.

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## Forum Insights

*World Economic Forum insights and analysis*


### Join the initiative

Join us in advancing resilient, sustainable and productive materials systems that support the value chains of tomorrow.

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