Challenges in a Changing World

Abstract

Six problems faced by the developed and developing worlds are discussed and possible solutions are considered. Given its relatively stable populations and adequate food supplies, the developed world must be prepared both to pay for and to encourage efforts to control pollution of the environment. Its comparative over-consumption of energy must be countered by the development of new energy sources, bearing in mind the risks involved in the use of nuclear energy. Also, great efforts must be made to assist the developing world by improving the quality and quantity of aid and by voluntary changes in world trade patterns.The developing world's most serious problem is its exploding population which can be slowed by birth control and improved standards of living. Population growth puts pressure on cities, and makes it imperative that new sources of food be found and new agricultural techniques be developed. Population also exacerbates the difficulties of providing education in the developing world.Hope for the future rests on Man's capacity to foresee problems and to solve them.