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Environmental Projections for the Anthropocene Epoch
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Water scarcity affects one in three people
on every continent of
the globe
1800 million people will be
living in countries or regions with absolute water
scarcity, and two-thirds of the
world population could be under
stress conditions.
More than 2.8 billion people in 48 countries will face water stress, or scarcity conditions .
47% of world population will be living in areas of high water stress. Nearly half of the global population will be living in regions of high water stress
The number of countries facing
water stress or scarcity could rise to 54, with a combined
population of four billion people - about 40% of the projected global population of
9.4 billion
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Global temperatures could rise by 1.4-3.0C (2.5-5.4F) by 2050
Forest areas are predicted to decline by 13 percent from 2005 to 2030
By 2052, China's per capita
consumption will be at least
two thirds that of the United
States
By 2040, the Arctic may be ice-free
Since the year 2000, we have witnessed nine of the ten hottest years ever recorded
By 2025, world cities will generate about 2.2 billion tons of solid waster per year. They currently generate 1.3 billion tons per year.
Global food prices are predicted to rise 70–90
percent by 2030
Tar sands contain enough carbon to add 120 p.p.m.
Tar shale contains at least an additional 300 gigatons of carbon. If we turn to these
dirtiest of fuels, there is no hope of keeping carbon concentrations below 500 p.p.m.
At 560 p.p.m coral reefs will
start to dissolve
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