UN Report on World Population

The latest UN report on world population ()highlights the ongoing issue of over population in urban areas with a focus on resource sustainability and equality for the poor. The report does little but identify the problems and give a picture of what is happening around the world now. The author notes that "If cities create environmental problems, they also contain the solutions. The potential benefits of urbanization far outweigh the disadvantages: The challenge is in learning how to exploit its possibilities."
Ok.......so how do we exploit the possibilities? I find the article very vague. There is no organization with enough power to enact any policies in large enough scale to be beneficial. Awareness may be gained but- who doesn't know that these problems exists? The author notes that "cities concentrate poverty, but they also represent the best hope of escaping it." Really? What the UN needs is some sort of cheap renewable energy source (cold fusion anyone?) to spark a world socialist movement. Decisions must be made and enforced on a worldwide basis. Some small steps in the right direction may include the empowerment of women in developing countries to help keep population down and increase equality...But again I'm just doing simple identifying of well known issues. Let us stop writing innocuous "reports" of common knowledge.