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security in the future, disaster risk reduction may be entering the void.

Predicting what the impact of global climate change, energy consumption or population growth may look like in 20, 50 or 100 years has become something of a social obsession and can be disempowering. Ultimately, if the planetary system is going to collapse, why invest in managing today’s risks? At the same time, however, economic stakeholders do not just react passively to change, but actually shape it. Understanding the economic, political and social forces that are currently driving risk can also help to identify gaps and points of inflection where change is possible.

Notes

1 http://lsecities.net/media/objects/articles/maximum-city/ en-gb (accessed 11 January 2015).
2 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Population Census: http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qlvitalstatsreport.
3 Data from the World Bank Development Indicators: http:// data.worldbank.org.
4 Annex I countries include the industrialized countries that were members of the OECD in 1992, plus countries with economies in transition, including the Russian Federation, the Baltic States, and several Central and Eastern European States. For the full list of Annex I countries, see http://unfccc.int/parties_and_ observers/parties/annex_i/items/2774.php.
5 http://unfccc.int/ghg_data/ghg_data_unfccc/items/4146. php.

	182 Part III security in the future, disaster risk reduction may be entering the void. Predicting what the impact of global climate change, energy consumption or population growth may look like in 20, 50 or 100 years has become something of a social obsession and can be disempowering. Ultimately, if the planetary system is going to collapse, why invest in managing today’s risks? At the same time, however, economic stakeholders do not just react passively to change, but actually shape it. Understanding the economic, political and social forces that are currently driving risk can also help to identify gaps and points of inflection where change is possible. Notes 1 http://lsecities.net/media/objects/articles/maximum-city/ en-gb (accessed 11 January 2015). 2 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Population Census: http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qlvitalstatsreport. 3 Data from the World Bank Development Indicators: http:// data.worldbank.org. 4 Annex I countries include the industrialized countries that were members of the OECD in 1992, plus countries with economies in transition, including the Russian Federation, the Baltic States, and several Central and Eastern European States. For the full list of Annex I countries, see http://unfccc.int/parties_and_ observers/parties/annex_i/items/2774.php. 5 http://unfccc.int/ghg_data/ghg_data_unfccc/items/4146. php.	Page 1 Page 10 Page 20 Page 30 Page 40 Page 50 Page 60 Page 70 Page 80 Page 90 Page 100 Page 110 Page 120 Page 130 Page 140 Page 150 Page 160 Page 170 Page 172 Page 173 Page 174 Page 175 Page 176 Page 177 Page 178 Page 179 Page 180 Page 181 Page 182 Page 183 ->Page 184 Page 185 Page 186 Page 187 Page 188 Page 189 Page 190 Page 191 Page 192 Page 193 Page 194 Page 195 Page 196 Page 200 Page 210 Page 220 Page 230 Page 240 Page 250 Page 260 Page 270 Page 280 Page 290 Page 300 Page 310