Environmental Projections for the Anthropocene Epoch

ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 CO, as much as 550 970 (IN PPM) 395 336 278 as little as 650 Global temperatures could rise by 1.4-3.00 (2.5-5.4F) by 400+ 350 2050 9. 10 POPULATION (IN BIELIONS) 8. 6. 4 Forest areas are predicted to decline by 13 percent from 2005 to 2030 1 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 Global food prices are predicted to rise 70-90 percent by 2030 By 2052, China's per capita consumption will be at least two thirds that of the United Since the year 2000, we have witnessed nine of the ten By 2025, world cities will generate about 2.2 billion tons of solid Tar sands contain hottest years ever recorded enough carbon to add 120 p.p.m. Tar shale contains at least an additional waster per year. They currently generate 1.3 billion tons per year. 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. States WATER 1800 million people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water 47% of world population will be living in areas of high water stress. Nearly half of the global population will be living in More than The number of Water scarcity 2.8 billion countries facing people in 48 countries affects one in 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 three people on every scarcity, and two-thirds of the At 560 p.p.m will face coral reefs will continent of water stress, start to dissolve world population could be under the globe or scarcity regions of high water stress conditions. stress conditions. By 2040, the Arctic may be ice-free 2012 2020 2025 2030 2040 2050 EARTH&ECONOMY Learn more at earthandeconomy.com SOURCES http://www.c2es.org/facts-figures/international-emissions/historical http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/projections-of-climate-change.html http://www.populationinstitute.org/external/files/Fact_Sheets/Water_and_population.pdf http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/history.html http://researchmatters.noaa.gov/news/Pages/arcticCO2.aspx http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/world-2050/pdf/world2050carbon.pdf http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-607629.html http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/water/en/ http://www.fao.org/nr/water/issues/scarcity.html http://www.unep.org/dewa/vitalwater/article141.html http://www.siwi.org/statistics http://www.unep.org/dewa/vitalwater/article141.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/numb-nf.html http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-03/us/united.nations.population.forecast 1_population-forecast-population-growth-fertility http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/world/04population.html U.S. Center for Atmospheric Research World Bank