The world is now engaged in a process of change and mobility more radical than at any time in human history.
While the rich, industrial nations skirt the shores of recession, developing countries and emerging markets are now the ones growing with boundless vigour.
As the cost of fossil fuel steadily rises and the debate over peak oil continues, arable land is switching from supplying food crops to bio-fuel; at the same time, environmental changes manifest natural disasters that further diminish the world’s food basket and pose a threat to our ongoing sustainability.