Intelligence forecast sees a post-covid world upended by climate change and splintering societies - The Washington Post

... At the dark end of the future is "tragedy and mobilization," when the United States is no longer the dominant player, and a global environmental catastrophe prompts food shortages and a "bottom-up" revolution, with younger people, scarred by their leaders' failures during the coronavirus pandemic, embracing policies to repair the climate and tackle long-standing social inequality. In this scenario, a European Union dominated by green parties works with the United Nations to expand international aid and focus on sustainability, and China joins the effort in part to quell domestic unrest in its cities affected by famine...

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