Global Resources Outlook Report
February 24 , 2024
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- The United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Resources Outlook.
- It highlights that, the consumption of natural resources globally is set to rise by 60 percent by 2060.
- Natural resource extraction has soared by almost 400% since 1970 due to industrialisation, urbanisation and population growth.
- The stripping of Earth’s natural materials is already responsible for 60% of global heating impacts.
- It is including land use change, 40% of air pollution impact, and more than 90% of global water stress and land-related biodiversity loss.
- The Electric vehicles use almost 10 times more “critical raw materials” than conventional cars.
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