Copper Shortage

The UN World Food Programme has halved food assistance in the occupied West Bank due to severe funding shortages, according to Al Jazeera reporting. The agency simultaneously warned of further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people, unless it receives urgent new funding.

Global electronics waste reached 62 million tonnes in 2022, containing roughly $19 billion in copper, yet less than a quarter was recycled properly, according to an analysis by Undecided with Matt Ferrell. The video projects copper demand climbing to 33 million tonnes by 2035, while...

BBC World Service reports that China's fast-developing biopharmaceutical industry has sharply increased global demand for long-tailed macaques used in drug development, creating a worldwide shortage that has pushed prices for individual animals into the tens of thousands of dollars. The surge has reversed the macaques'...