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Rebuilding Ukraine: Four Future Scenarios

The cost of Ukraine's reconstruction stands at a staggering $486 billion—and climbs higher with each passing day. Timely decisions on investments, workforce, and resources will define the nation’s post-war recovery and long-term future.

 
 

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Future Trends Gökce Sandal Future Trends Gökce Sandal

2022 Recap: 5 Trends that Shaped the Year

2022 was a year of great upheaval and change, with a series of political and economic crises that will reverberate for many years to come. Looking back to the year, our team of futurists highlight five trends that shaped the trajectory of 2022 and will continue to shape the future.

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COVID-19 Max Stucki COVID-19 Max Stucki

COVID-19 – The World After

The COVID-19 has shaken the lives of everyone, but the crisis will be overcome. However, economic, political and social changes are unavoidable. For this reason, it is important to anticipate the world after Coronavirus to ease the recovery.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

Is China Leading the Cleantech Revolution?

China has had a bad reputation with regard to the environment for many years. But understanding that looking out for the environment has benefits both internationally and domestically; the country has been changing. In fact, some may even argue that China is, at the moment, leading the cleantech revolution - ahead of the United States and other Western countries.

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Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen Future Trends Bruno Jacobsen

Too Much CO2? Let's Recycle It

The majority of scientists, according to NASA, believe that humans are responsible for the rise of climate temperature. The main culprit, it is argued, is carbon dioxide, better known as CO2, and its increasing levels in the atmosphere, now at their highest in over half a million years. Could we make better use of this CO2?

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Future Trends Tapio Mäkelä Future Trends Tapio Mäkelä

Glaciers Melting Rapidly

A large ice berg twice the size of Wales is expected to break off from the Antarctica. Ice Bergs calve off from glaciers occasionally. The concern is whether this one to break off from Larsen C Ice Shelf will mean that the glacier will start to retreat. Rising sea levels may be a reality sooner than predicted due to record warm years. Rapidly melting Greenland ice suggests a point of no return.

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Future Trends Spencer Phade Future Trends Spencer Phade

Are Climate Refugees the Next Global Crisis?

Going home at the end of the day is something most of us take for granted. However, that is a luxury that not all people have.

We are no strangers to refugees on this planet. For as long as humans have been around, there have been people who have been pushed from their homes or countries for political, social, or economic reasons.

However, there is a chance that we might have to brace for the largest migration of refugees the earth has ever seen.

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