Below are a couple of ways on how the world will have been changing by 2050:

According to UN statistics, the population of the world will have increased up to 10 billion by 2050. Forecasts are that water, land and energy shortages will lead to global food shortages. Then cultured meat, high-protein insects, seaweed and allergen-free nuts will be the most sustainable sources of nutrition for the population.

Rising temperatures of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit caused by greenhouse gas emissions over the next 100 years will have a significant negative impact on our food supply by 2050. Crops and stock will decline and food prices will increase disproportionately. Current meat supplies will not be sustainable in the forthcoming decades. Growing cattle requires a huge amount of land and it causes approximately 6.7 million acres of deforestation each year. And trees are a source of oxygen we need to breathe and help us keep our air clean. Continued deforestation increases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and it contributes to global warming.

Having around 10 billion people in the world by 2050, 60% more food will need producing. There is enough food in the world today, yet millions of people have been starving. The problem lies in food accessibility and availability.

Access to food is most often disrupted by extreme weather conditions, food waste and conflicts. The latter cut off import supply chains, enhance inflation, devaluate currency, close up roads and terminate jobs. Establishing localized cultured meat production facilities is one way to reduce the dependence of countries on international supply chains.

The acceleration in global warming has already caused an unprecedented increase in droughts, insect epidemics, coastal flooding and erosion, wildfires, declining water supplies and reduced agricultural harvests. We, therefore, need sustainable and secure food systems that will help protect the planet from the continuing effects of global warming. Technological progress is the foundation to step upon.