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We asked members of our Global Future Councils - academics, business leaders and members of civil society - to imagine a better world in 2030. Only by thinking about where we want to be tomorrow can we prompt the action we need today. Here's what they had to say...
- Sustainable Development
EU passes law to restore 20% of land and sea by 2030, and...
- Sustainable Development
- The vaccine miracle—and cautionary message. The development of COVID-19 vaccines was remarkably rapid, with those most vulnerable to the virus in rich countries inoculated within a year of the pandemic breaking out.
- Technology’s double-edged sword. If science came out of the pandemic a winner, technology was a close second. Without computers and connectivity, the lockdowns could have ground most economic activity to halt.
- Here comes deglobalization. The developing world has lost many of the benefits of globalization—at least for the time being. A significant portion of the once-rising global middle class slid back into poverty as a result of the pandemic and its economic ramifications, reversing perhaps humanity’s biggest achievement in recent decades.
- The deepening of domestic disorders. Today there is more inequality not just between developed and developing countries, but also within many of these countries themselves.
Jan 1, 2020 · Space colonies. A mega-expansion in genome sequencing. Sweet little nuclear power plants. It's never too early to start holding the promise-makers responsible for their claims. After all, even...
Sep 8, 2020 · Big demographic, economic and technological changes are coming — from an aging population in the U.S. and the rise of sub-Saharan Africa as a compelling middle-class market to automation causing “technological unemployment,” according to Wharton management professor Mauro Guillen.
May 7, 2019 · The world should reach 8.5 billion people by 2030, up from 7.3 billion in 2015. The fastest growing demographic will be the elderly, with the population of people over 65 years old at 1 billion by 2030.
- Andrew S. Winston
According to survey respondents, the top chal- lenge facing peaceful societies in the lead up to 2030 was, by far, climate change and loss of biodiversity, ranking in the top four challenges of 67% of respondents, and coming out on top for all regions and demographics.
Feb 7, 2024 · Unless we take urgent action now, the 2030 Agenda will become no more than an epitaph for a world that might have been. The 2023 SDG Summit is a vital opportunity to move from rhetoric to action,...
