If current trends in consumption continue, by 2030, the world would have the impossible task of producing at least 50 per cent more food, 45 per cent more energy and 30 per cent more water just as arable land, energy sources and clean and safe water shrink at historic rates. The continuity of climate-related disasters, growing food insecurity, sky-rocketing unemployment and lack of decent work (particularly among youth and migrants) and gaps in care provision are only some of the most urgent indicators of the seriousness of what is at stake.
