By the end of the century the world will have eleven billion people, even though birth rates are largely under control. The cause is that, with better health and education, we are all living longer which is explained very well by Hans Rosling Here.
At the same time, we have already missed the two easy opportunities to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to control temperatures and are now only left with the more difficult options. (Red and Green lines)
We can still achieve our targets to feed this 50% increase in population if we reduce waste and eat all the food that the farmers grow, and also cut back on the inefficient system of feeding cattle good food to get back a small amount of meat od dairy. The livestock population needs to be reduced by 75%.
We can still achieve our targets to feed this 50% increase in population if we reduce waste and eat all the food that the farmers grow, and also cut back on the inefficient system of feeding cattle good food to get back a small amount of meat od dairy. The livestock population needs to be reduced by 75%.
If we do not move fairly quickly to make changes it is difficult to see how we are going to avoid a catastrophe in food production as this chart of the USA indicates. How can farmers grow crops in those temperatures?
As we are seeing in the Syria/Europe disaster it’s not easy to stop the mass flow of desperate people and it is better to make changes now than to try and fight it out later.
As we are seeing in the Syria/Europe disaster it’s not easy to stop the mass flow of desperate people and it is better to make changes now than to try and fight it out later.
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