A Project for a New Global Future » G8 http://www.newglobalfuture.com Reducing the human footprint, one life at a time. Mon, 10 May 2010 00:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Oxfam International to G8: The Future Looks Good. http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2009/07/06/oxfam-international-to-g8-the-future-looks-good/ http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2009/07/06/oxfam-international-to-g8-the-future-looks-good/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:52:41 +0000 Conrad http://www.newglobalfuture.com/?p=186
Today, Oxfam International released a glowing report of the future to the G8 which is meeting in Italy this week. It says that as the weather changes, millions of people in areas suffering food scarcity will have to give up traditional crops, possibly leading to social upheavals such as mass migrations and possible conflict over water [...]]]> Today, Oxfam International released a glowing report of the future to the G8 which is meeting in Italy this week.

It says that as the weather changes, millions of people in areas suffering food scarcity will have to give up traditional crops, possibly leading to social upheavals such as mass migrations and possible conflict over water resources.  The report also went on to mention that corn crops could be widely affected by global warming.  Potentially removing a primary food source for 250 million people.

However, the news is not all good.  The most disappointing part of the report says that only 60% of the world’s agricultural potential is exploited and that with modern farming techniques the world has a good chance of supporting the estimated 9.2 billion people that will inhabit this earth by 2050.  We can only hope that they are wrong.

]]> http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2009/07/06/oxfam-international-to-g8-the-future-looks-good/feed/ 0 Brave Supporters of the Future at G8 Summit http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2007/06/03/brave-supporters-of-the-future-at-g8-summit/ http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2007/06/03/brave-supporters-of-the-future-at-g8-summit/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:59:00 +0000 NGF http://www.newglobalfuture.com/?p=11 The big topic at the G8 summit in Germany this week is the environment and global warming. World leaders hope to reach some sort of agreement to slow or stop climate change, and many NewGlobalFuture supporters showed their solidarity and resistance to the feeble attempts to deny us the climate change we have all worked so hard to achieve.

Keep up the good fight!

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