Everything's Gonna Be Alright...

George Thompson

(...)By 2025, two-thirds of the world's population will live in water-scarce regions; about one-third will face severe water shortages(...)

(...)Ninety-five percent of the future growth will occur in poor countries. It sustains a destabilizing youth bulge in many of these countries' populations. In some countries in Africa, over 50 percent of the population is below 15 years of age. The youth bulge, in turn, produces large numbers of urbanized, unemployed, young males -- the most dangerous social group of all, and the most easily recruited to radical political causes(...)

(...)In 1900, Africa's population was about one-third that of Europe. In 2000, the populations of the regions were roughly equal. By 2050, Africa's population will be three times that of Europe(...)

quoted from Synchronous Failure: The Real Danger of the 21st Century, by Thomas Homer-Dixon