Check the World Population Clock for an estimate of current population. It is headed for the 8 billion mark!
Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'
Mar. 19, 2009 - Prof John Beddington, the UK government chief scientist, warns that the growing world population will cause a "perfect storm" of food, energy and water shortages by 2030.
- Demand for food and energy will jump 50% by 2030 and for fresh water by 30%, as the population tops 8.3 billion, he told a conference in London.
Between 30% and 40% of all current crops are lost due to pest and disease before they are harvested.Special effort must be made to produce more disease-resistant crops, and to develop better harvesting procedures.
- Source: BBC
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