Signal WWF cited for fossil fuel consumption doubling every twenty years

Summary

The Megatrends 2040 report cites WWF as stating that fossil fuel consumption doubles every twenty years. The report calls this pace worrying because remaining reserves are described as dangerously low. It adds a warning from the UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel that sharply rising use of non-renewable resources will worsen climate change, increase air pollution and reduce biodiversity. Ultimately, the report says, this trajectory could deplete natural resources and create a shortage of critical materials such as minerals, metals and fossil fuels, whose reserves are finite. The pressure is expected to peak as emerging economies continue to grow and consume more.