The model, developed by a team at Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute , does not account for society reacting to escalating crises by changing global behaviour and policies. However the model does show that our current way of life appears to be unsustainable and could have dramatic worldwide consequences. Dr Aled Jones, the Director of the Global Sustainability Institute , told Insurge Intelligence : “We ran the model forward to the year 2040, along a business-as-usual trajectory based on ‘do-nothing’ trends — that is, without any feedback loops that would change the underlying trend. “The results show that based on plausible climate trends, and a total failure to change course, the global food supply system would face catastrophic losses, and an unprecedented epidemic of food riots. “In this scenario, global society essentially collapses as food production falls permanently short of consumption.” Plastic tree #20, Bolivia 2014 by Eduardo […]