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An unpublished UN document acquired by The Guardian claims that the globe’s extraction of raw materials will increase by 60% by 2060. Such rapid acceleration would inevitably have huge implications for our climate.
Despite the fact that the extraction of rare earth metals and minerals accounts for roughly 60% of anthropogenic global warming, the industry is tipped for exponential growth by 2060.
According to an unreleased United Nations document – seen and divulged by The Guardian – a 60% bump in resource mining is expected to occur by 2060. The prospect of meeting the terms of the Paris Agreement appears more pie in the sky by the day.
Unearthing our planet’s valuable deposits is responsible for 60% of atmospheric heating, 40% of air pollution impacts, and upwards of 80% of both global water stress and land biodiversity loss, the report says.
A hike in resource extraction was already expected, given most NDC routes to net zero involve wholesale transitions to electric vehicles, but the sheer scale of growth during and beyond that period are excessive and point to ulterior motives.
The extraction of precious rare Earth minerals like cobalt and lithium will reportedly increase sixfold within the next decade to account for EV production alone.
Former EU commissioner at the UN, Janez Potocnik, states that the detail of the report coming to fruition would almost certainly ignite extreme weather events and climate disasters of increasing severity.
