Please join me as I explore the surprises coming with Climate Change, the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine from a background of studying development in 40 nations.
Another developed nation facing population decline. But here the issues are high mortality, a poor public health system and high levels of emigration. A great power sustained through exports of LNG.
Politics will be more important in building support for climate action than understanding the technology. Climate change is techy and quirky.
During the pandemic it is Germany providing the global leadership that we used to get from the United States.
Large tech giants will get stronger during the pandemic. The political left will want them regulated.
A nation with an exploding population, Nigeria faces enormous pressures to feed, clothe and house its people. And to makes its problems more difficult, its educated professional class wants to emigrate. Lots of illegal immigrants have found a route to Italy via Libya.
The oceans are floating in plastic garbage. Oceans absorb heat and carbon dioxide. They are a food source.
