UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy, technology shift

<p>UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th May, 2025) A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and investment strategies are adopted, the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned.</p><p>In its latest Global Trade Update, released this week, UNCTAD describes copper as “the new strategic raw material” at the heart of the rapidly electri