The world as seen by the UK military

From the UK's Ministry of Defence - FUTURE AIR AND SPACE OPERATING CONCEPT.


- The world’s population is likely to rise from 6 to 8 billion by 2030.

- World food costs will rise leading to shortages of rice, wheat and maize.
- Oil will become scarcer and prices will rise.
- 450 million people will face severe water shortage.
- Environmental fragility threatens 1.4 billion people.
- Global inequality will continue and conflict will be ignited by radicalisation.


"Today, the world’s richest 225 people earn the same as the poorest 2.7 billion and this gap
between rich and poor will increase.  One billion people currently live in slums and
this will rise to 1.4 billion by 2020 and almost 2 billion by 2030."