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Foreign Office study predicts society will collapse by 2040

22-May-2015

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If no actions taken (i.e. the world carries on with business as usual) catastrophic food shortages caused by climate change and other production shocks will generate riots resulting in total breakdown of society.

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Aled Jones

Professor of Sustainability and Director of Global Sustainability Institute.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Global Sustainability Institute (GSI)

Research institute at Anglia Ruskin University.

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