With an increase in frequency and severity of major weather events like droughts and heat waves as well as the melting of the polar ice caps, we'll need to adapt to climate change to continue to produce enough resources for an increasing population.

Environment

Global Reserves of Antimony Are Fully Mined and Depleted

The Paris Climate Change Deal Comes Into Effect

Global Reserves of Indium Are Fully Mined and Depleted

Global Reserves of Nickel Are Fully Mined and Depleted

Africa's Green Wall of Drought Resistant Trees Completed

Tiny Robots Remove Carbon Dioxide from Oceans

Global Reserves of Silver Are Fully Mined and Depleted

Libya's Great Man-made River Project Is Completed

Scientists Drill Into Earth's Mantle

Optimistic Forecasted Rise in Global Temperatures

Nearly 2 Billion People Now Live in Countries With Absolute Water Scarcity

China's South to North Water Transfer Project Is Completed

Athabasca Glacier Disappears by Losing 5 Metres Per Year Since 2015

5 Billion People Now Live in Water Stressed Areas

Ocean Cleanup Is Completed

The Singapore Malaysia Water Agreement Nears Expiry

Global Temperatures Have Risen by 4 Degrees Celsius

Emperor Penguins on the Brink of Extinction

Cities will lead and nations will follow, the gravitational pull of smart cities continues to grow stronger. Future smart cities will be safer, cleaner and quieter thanks to advances in technology like electric autonomous vehicles.

Cities

The energy sector is currently undergoing rapid change, reductions in cost of solar and wind are fuelling the clean energy revolution. Many nations are rejecting traditional nuclear power stations, but can nuclear fusion power offer a long term solution?

Energy

The financial services industry is being transformed by new technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, innovative mobile banking startups and cryptocurrencies.

Finance

Future food production faces many problems, by 2050 we'll need to feed an additional 2 billion people. The future of food will be about producing more with less, with the aid of technology.

Food

Technological advances in healthcare such as wearables, 3D printing and smartphone apps are changing the way people get access to doctors and receive treatment.

Health

The retail sector is fast paced and continues to go though significant evolution with trends like, 3D printing, virtual reality and automated deliveries all to meet the new demands of new consumers.

Retail

Private companies and government agencies are currently part of a new shift in space interest, from space tourism to mining asteroids and the moon for resources, the new space race has begun.

Space

The future of sport looks bright with technology advances such as virtual reality and e-sports increasing in popularity and realism, and athletes being allowed to use enhancements.

Sport

The rate of technological development continues to speed up and more computing power continues to get cheaper. Technologies that seemed to be confined to science fiction just a few decades ago may be much closer than we realize.

Technology

Technology has changed the way we interact with each other in our society, interacting with artificial intelligence will soon become a normal daily activity, allowing our society to evolve, freeing up time for us to spend on other issues.

Society

With the introduction of electric vertical takeoff landing (EVTOL) vehicles, smart roads and autonomous vehicles, future transport technologies that make it to the mainstream will be more connected, data-driven and highly automated.

Transport

New technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and educational software will make personal online learning the primary educational environment, leading to the demise of physical education campuses.

Education

Advancements in technology are fuelling a third revolution in warfare, developments such as autonomous weapons, hypersonic projectiles and exoskeleton suits are on the way.

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