Former Chief Science Advisor on Population & Resource Wars

Here is the link to lecture by Sir David King in which he talks about the impact of climate change, global population growth, reduced resources in creating resource wars:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/13/resource-wars-david-king

King concludes by saying: "Consumerism has been a wonderful model for growing up economies in the 20th century. Is that model fit for purpose in the 21st century, when resource shortage is our biggest challenge?"