20% of the world is becoming desert-like. There is Malta, and a third of the US.
The Amazon Rainforest: The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack.
The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack from natural and unnatural forest fires, illegal logging and deforestation.
Russia: Another developed nation facing population decline. But here the issues are high mortality, a poor public health system and high levels of emigration.
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.
Thailand: Like so many developed nations of Europe, Thailand is experiencing long-term population decline.
Like so many developed nations of Europe, Thailand is experiencing long-term population decline with the typical pattern of low birthrates and low mortality, yet a reluctance to open its borders to people from the neighbouring countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Conflict or Challenge: Mass migration. Climate change. Challenges if not faced become conflict.
Mass migration. Climate change. Challenges if not faced become conflict.
India: A nation of 1.38 billion with a population growing by about 15 million a year.
A nation of 1.38 billion with a population growing by about 15 million a year. And within three or four years its population will exceed that of China. Complex, colorful, and an important long-term ally for the West with its young educated English speaking population.
China: China and the US are creating a bi-polar global economy. It is more than a trade war. It is a propaganda war and China is winning.
China and the US are creating a bi-polar global economy. It is more than a trade war. It is a propaganda war and China is winning.
