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Sam Nichols and Kate MacDonald for The Money

How a lack of copper could slow the transition to renewable energy

In November, the Global Carbon Project released its latest stocktake figures of the world's total greenhouse emissions.

According to the report, the world will, at the current trajectory, exceed the carbon limit for a global warming of 1.5 degree Celsius within nine years.

Some data suggests that, if the world was to warm by just 2 degrees, an additional 177 million people would face water scarcity and an extra 62 million people would experience severe droughts.

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