1 World Wildlife Fund, “The 2050 Criteria,” September 2012.
2 IEA, Global Energy Review 2021.
3 The U.S. Department of Energy, March 23, 2021.
4 IEA, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, 2021.
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