Chief Investment Officers from Private Banking for Emirates NBD gave a glooming global forecast for 2012 in which they urged citizens to consider switching to a plant based diet.

The media roundtable as they like to call it, was for High Net Worth Individuals (NHWIs) from around the world. The reason for the meeting was to discuss leading financial concerns this year and in which way these individuals can prepare their portfolio's and lead the world into a new era.

Environmental concerns don't usually don't play such a high role in these meetings.

However, due to the dire circumstances, it is envisaged that with this warning people will be more prepared to face such concerns.

Mr. Gary Dugan who is the Chief Investment Officer for Private Banking for Emirates NBD spoke of the dire water shortage crippling the world. He noted that water is the oil for the future, scarce supply, skyrocketing demand and essentials are playing a role in how governments are interacting with each other.

"Around the world, we need to see a massive increase in available water resources" Dugan said.
"Now, of the existing of withdrawals of water, agriculture is the chief culprit in the sense of very inefficiently using water. The problem is that more people are incrementally becoming meat eaters, which is an even more inefficient way of farming so the likely withdrawals of water are going to rise 53 per cent, which means that we have to find 40 per cent more water between now and 2030, which is not that far away."

Of all sectors, the meat industry is the biggest source of water pollution. Excessive and unregulated animal waste, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, and other livestock-related contaminants choke waterways.

It takes up to 200,000 liters of water to produce 1 kilogram of beef, but only 2,000 liters to produce 1 kilogram of soybeans, 900 liters to grow 1 kilogram of wheat, and 650 liters for 1 kilogram of corn. 60 (Pimentel D, Berger B, Filiberto D, et al. (2004) Water Resources, Agriculture, and the Environment)

We pray that the world will heed the call to adopt the Loving, compassionate World Vegan diet. Through this caring lifestyle we will put an end to world hunger, world droughts and world famine. Protect our beautiful animal friends and choose Vegan.
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