22 nd September 2009 City Hall, Cardiff Faith Action on Climate Change ‘What if we do nothing?’ Dr. Alan Netherwood Netherwood Sustainable Futures [email protected]Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University
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22 nd September 2009 City Hall, Cardiff Faith Action on Climate Change ‘What if we do nothing?’
22 nd September 2009 City Hall, Cardiff Faith Action on Climate Change ‘What if we do nothing?’ Dr. Alan Netherwood Netherwood Sustainable Futures [email protected]. Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Perfect storm of scarcity will unleash global turmoil:
The Guardian Thursday 19 March 2009
A ‘perfect storm of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee the worst (climate change) affected regions the government’s chief scientist, Professor John Beddington warns today
Our food reserves are at a 50 year low but by 2030 we need to be producing 50% more food, with 50% more energy and 30% more fresh water. There are dramatic problems out there...and they are all intimately connected....We must deal with all of these together
A final thought..........
Thankyou for listening
Diolch yn fawr
Dr. Alan Netherwood, WLGA/Netherwood Sustainable Futures