POPULATION GROWTH & FOOD SHORTAGES
80 million new lives each year
80 million new lives each year
80 million new lives each year
7.7 BILLION PEOPLE:
The current global population
9 BILLION PEOPLE:
In 2040, this number will grow to more than
9 billion
10.9 BILLION PEOPLE:
In 20100, this number will not grow to more than
10.9 billion
80 MILLION PEOPLE:
Estimating that over 80 million new lives are added each year
“Hell on earth”
80 million new lives each year
80 million new lives each year
AS THE POPULATION GROWS, WE WILL FACE THE RISK OF FOOD
SHORTAGES AND FAMINE IN THE FUTURE
ASSOCIATED PRESS New York – 22 September 20221.
David Beasley Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program:
“Hell on earth”
“There are 50 million people in 45 countries knocking on famine’s door,”
Beasley said. “If we don’t reach these people, you will have famine, starvation, and destabilization of nations unlike anything we saw in
2007-2008 and 2011,
and you will have mass migration.”
BRAZIL
80 million new lives each year
Forests are the Earth's lungs
TO FEED 10.9 BILLION PEOPLE WE NEED EXTRA LAND THE SIZE OF BRAZIL TO GROW
8.516 million km²
Agribusiness in which huge areas of forest are burned or cleared to make space for crops and livestock is the number one driver of deforestation worldwide.
The more people there are, especially in poor countries with limited amounts of land and water, the fewer resources there are to meet basic needs. If basic needs cannot be met, development stalls and economies begin to unravel.
Forests are the Earth's lungs
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
Forests are the Earth's lungs
SO, WE CUT DOWN FORESTS OR PLOWED MORE GRASSLAND TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE FARMS
80% OF GLOBAL DEFORESTATION IS A RESULT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, WHICH IS ALSO THE LEADING CAUSE OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
The Amazon lost 7,989 km2 of rainforest between August 2015 and July 2016, which is equivalent to:
128 FOOTBALL FIELDS
being slashed every hour
MORE THAN 451 MILLION TREES were cut down
Where Super Rich Populations Are Growing Fastest
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
The Amazon Lost 24,000 Square Miles of Land This Decade
According to a report released by Wealth-X earlier this month, the United States boasts an ultra-high-net-worth individual (UHNWI) population of approximately 80,000, more than the total of the next five countries combined - Japan, China, Germany, Canada and France. A UNHWI is defined as someone worth $30 million or more and the U.S. is home to 31% of the global population. Despite being the dominant country for the planet's super-rich, the U.S. lags behind other nations when it comes to UHNWI population growth.