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Yes and no. The overriding message I got from the report was that the world's relatively small nations (United States, Canada) consume the vast majority of the world's resources. So controlling resource use and rampant overconsumption in these areas is what's needed to prevent the eventuality the report predicts. Obviously, the world's fresh water and arible land are extremely important resources and those are extremely threatened by the populous but less consumptive regions, such as Africa.
In short, we have many opportunities to prevent the report from becoming true, but none of the options are easy. For instance, it's one thing to preach less consumption. It's altogether another thing to live it... I type this as I think about the two cars, home, multiple computers/digital cameras/film cameras, camping gear, etc. that my own 2 person household has. Multiply that by a square block, alone, and that's more resources and wealth than you'd find for thousands of miles in some regions...
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