7.1.19 (HL)—Resource insecurity impacts

Resource insecurity can constrain development, intensify environmental degradation and shift geopolitical power or conflict when supply and processing are concentrated.

Resource concentration	Possible insecurity pathway
Oil among OPEC producers	import dependence and price or supply shocks affect economies and political bargaining
Lithium, cobalt and rare-earth mining/processing	concentrated extraction or processing can constrain technology supply and externalize local water, pollution or labor impacts

A country may possess a mineral yet capture little value if processing and technology are controlled elsewhere; rapid extraction can also damage the ecosystems and communities needed for long-term development.

Trace location of stock → control of extraction and processing → dependence → socioeconomic, environmental and geopolitical consequence.

Resource abundance does not guarantee security, development or bargaining power.