Climate Facts: Demand for critical minerals to triple by 2030 due to energy transition, says IEA

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can prove difficult to digest.

TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• A study published in Nature Cities says urban fires will become frequent in the coming decades due to climate change.

• The report noted that the trend could result in an additional 330,000 fire-related deaths and over a million more injuries between 2020 and 2100 if global warming is not limited to below 1.5C.

• A new study by Environmental Research Letters says fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is expected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent in the next quarter century.

• The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the demand for critical minerals is set to triple by 2030 as nations transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy — in a bid to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050.