According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the "Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next

1. The question refers to the influential 1972 report titled "The Limits to Growth", authored primarily by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III, commissioned by the Club of Rome. 2. The report used computer simulations (World3 model) to project future outcomes based on prevailing trends in global world population growth, industrialisation, pollution, food production, and resource depletion. 3. Its central conclusion, based on the 'standard run' scenario assuming no major changes in policies or trends, was that the physical limits to growth on the planet would likely be reached within the next 100 years (i.e., sometime before 2072), potentially leading to a collapse in population and industrial capacity.