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.
We need a Covid-19 vaccine that works for 90% of those who receive it. And at least 70% of the population must be willing to be vaccinated. Treatments for those who are sick may be more successful than vaccines designed to prevent the disease.
Recycling old batteries for raw materials like Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt is the secret to bringing down the costs of batteries for Electric Vehicles.
The Arctic permafrost is melting. And the decomposition of organic material is sending carbon into the atmosphere.
20% of the world is becoming desert-like. There is Malta, and a third of the US.
It was educational to meet leaders of Mali, Niger, Benin and Chad at a world conference in Ottawa in 1981. They had all been sponsored by the Government of Canada and were fluent in both French and English. What they had in common were societies living in poverty and with exploding populations.
