The real solutions are that we need to improve dynamic efficiency across all sectors, stop eating meat, radically alter how we design our cities, whilst actively retro-fitting and shrinking them. We also need to be able to grow food in our cities.

We need to drop the idea of a growth economy, replacing it with an efficiency and long life based economic paradigm whilst getting away from the idea of profits by radically altering our tax system and redistributing wealth. We also need to de-militarise (militaries are extremely wasteful) and seek peace with traditional enemies. This may seem radical and insane, given where we are now, but is also the only long term way forward. We need to curb population growth as well.

What I have said is the consensus with a growing number of scientists worldwide. These are also the big issues and solutions surrounding climate change.

The biggest move will be for the big power brokers to come to the table. The majority of people on this planet would agree to the majority of these ideas if asked. It is, as always the greedy and rich that will use these problems to promote resource war.