trends
Things are different today, he writes, because of four trends: human pressure on the earth, a dangerous rise in population, extreme poverty and a political climate characterized by “cynicism, defeatism and outdated institutions.” These pressures will increase as the developing world inexorably catches up to the developed world. By 2050, he writes, the world’s population may rise to 9.2 billion from 6.6 billion today — an increase of 2.6 billion people, which is “too many people to absorb safely.” The combination of climate change and a rapidly growing population clustering in coastal urban zones will set the stage for many Katrinas, not to mention “a global epidemic of obesity, cardiovascular disease and adult-onset diabetes.”
Sachs smartly describes how we got here, and the path we must take to avert disaster
Jeffrey Sach states there are 4 trends that is making the world very different and a lot more insecure. They include: a dangerous population rise from 6.6 billion to 9.6 billion;
Combining with climate change; outdate institutions to politically manage information and actions; finally a global epidemic of obesity, cardiovascular disease and adult onset of diabetes. I would like to add another issue a segregation of people based on what ever lines that breeds isolation and fractures positive movement.
As a group what might be some paths as a country one can take to deal with these trends. (America and Europe dos not have an increasing population but the rest of the world does. We do have the other three factors)
yichel
Sachs smartly describes how we got here, and the path we must take to avert disaster
Jeffrey Sach states there are 4 trends that is making the world very different and a lot more insecure. They include: a dangerous population rise from 6.6 billion to 9.6 billion;
Combining with climate change; outdate institutions to politically manage information and actions; finally a global epidemic of obesity, cardiovascular disease and adult onset of diabetes. I would like to add another issue a segregation of people based on what ever lines that breeds isolation and fractures positive movement.
As a group what might be some paths as a country one can take to deal with these trends. (America and Europe dos not have an increasing population but the rest of the world does. We do have the other three factors)
yichel
