New Delhi, March 8 -- In a recent address by the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, the rising competition in world markets over the most essential minerals might turn out to be a new source of geopolitical instability. In a Security Council briefing on the topic of Energy, Critical Minerals, and Security, he stated that more international cooperation was needed through which equitable and sustainable access to resources that would be central to the international energy transition would be possible.

The ambassador believes that cheap, consistent, and sustainable energy is the answer to stability in the world and economic development. However, the rapid increase in the number of electric autom...