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philipy | April 28, 2009 05:26 PM | in Environment

Can you find the full text of John Beddington's presentation on "a perfect storm" of food, water and energy shortages by 2030?

His presentation was given at a Sustainable Development conference, and is described in this news report.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7951838.stm

I don't want to see other news reports at this kind of level of detail. I want to ideally see the full text, any slides, and what his conclusions are based on. (e.g. Sources in research studies or models.)

A second best to the full-text would be a much more detailed article or a paper of his that covers the same ground.

The bottom line is I don't want to only know what he said, but understand why he thinks what he thinks.

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | wdawe | April 28, 2009 05:42 PM

Here it is.

http://www.govnet.co.uk/news/govnet/professor-sir-john-beddingtons-speech-at-sduk-09

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philipy | April 28, 2009 06:11 PM

Good work.

Can you find the slides and graphs that are mentioned in the text?

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wdawe | April 28, 2009 06:29 PM

I couldn't find the slides. I'd suggest you contact Wesley Charnock as detailed below. He might be able to help you.

GovNet Communications welcomes enquiries from the press. For any press or media enquiries such as press releases, images or information please contact Wesley Charnock on 0161 211 3040 or wesley.charnock@govnet.co.uk.

Or contact contact the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills which is the government department where Professor Beddington holds his appointment:
Email: info@dius.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 020 7215 5555

If you have media credentials you can try the press office, they have many contacts.
http://www.dius.gov.uk/news_and_speeches/press_contacts.aspx

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