India, Dec. 22 -- The world's energy consumption has been growing over time, not just because of population growth - which is expected to continue up to 2061 - but also because of increased access and consumption.

In most of history, the risk in meeting this demand came from the risk to fuel supply. However, this two-part data series shows that the nature of this risk is changing now. This first part shows that apart from increased energy consumption, the world is also diversifying its energy consumption matrix, a process projected to continue in the future. The second part will show that this changing matrix has generated a new risk: from disruptions to the supply of minerals critical to today's energy consumption matrix.

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