There are important linkages between water, food, energy and climate change.
Energy is key in terms of demand, assets and supply.
Our world connects people, landscapes and ecosystems.
Food is key in terms of demand, assets and supply.
Water is key in terms of demand, assets and supply.
Climate change is key in terms of its effects on food, energy and water.
3 billion more middle-class people will demand more meat
Meat-rich diets will require far more land than the traditional diets they will replace.
Much of the population growth and the middle-class growth will occur in countries that are already water-scarce.
More than 70% of the world’s freshwater use is in agriculture.
2017 sees 2 billion people worldwide in the Middle Class
2030 will see a Middle Class numbering 5 billion
By 2030 it is predicted that we will require 50% more food
By 2030 it is predicted that we will require 30% more freshwater
By 2030, total world population is predicted to be 8.5 billion people.
In the 1970's, we were worried by oil
In the 1980's, we were worried by deforestation & the hold in the Ozone layer.
In the 1990's, we were worried by water scarcity.
In the 2000's we were worried by soil degradation.
