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Latest driving forces (from 491,118 total forecasts): America's political system is broken, that China will be the world's leading power within a decade, and that Joe Biden will be unable to halt his country's decline on the world stage. GRPS respondents signal a challenging geopolitical outlook marked by interstate relations fracture, interstate conflict and resource geopolitization - all forecasted as critical threats to the world in three to five years. At least 1.3 billion donor-funded doses will be made available to 92 middle - and lower-income countries that cannot fully afford to pay for COVID-19 vaccines, targeting up to 20% population coverage by the end of the year. Working with Siemens and using its global expertise in Digital Twin and simulation technologies will play a pivotal role in Britishvolt achieving its tight deadlines to begin producing world-class batteries, at scale, by the end of 2023. South Africa plans to vaccinate its healthcare workers by the end of February, a noble and well-placed goal, and 20 million South Africans by the end of the year. By 2024, 45% of large venues such as stadiums, airports, and campuses will adopt elastic, scalable on-demand networks to consolidate access technologies to seamlessly blend traffic between things and people. By 2025, 2 billion people will experience water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population will experience some degree of water stress. By the end of 2026, Ericsson forecast 3.5 billion 5G subscriptions globally with America accounting for 80% of subscriptions and sub-Saharan Africa with 5%. The international Covid-19 vaccine effort known as COVAX will likely only vaccinate 20% of populations of the world's lower-income countries by the end of 2021. WTI Crude oil prices will average about $3 a barrel less than Brent prices in 2021 and $4 per barrel less than Brent in 2022. The WHO has called for the global elimination of trans fats by 2023. In an estimation by the Clean Clothes Campaign, three out of five garments produced in 2018 by the global fashion industry will end up in a landfill within a year. The coming years will show the worrying ripple effects of interruptions to cancer care during the global pandemic. To 2030, up to 220 million Chinese workers may need to transition between occupations, or 30% of the workforce. For 2022 as a whole, EIA forecasts consumption will average 101.1 million b/d, only 0.1 million b/d less than in 2019. The forecast for 2021 and 2022 EIA forecasts that some mandatory and voluntary travel restrictions will still be in place in the first half of 2021 amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases as of late-2020, although the level of restrictions and their duration is highly uncertain. In the past decade, researchers have begun to explore the possibility of using seismic energy generated by rumbling freight trains to image Earth's crust, where changes in the transmitted wave's velocity could indicate geological boundaries, faults, and mineral deposits. Countries around the world are taking steps to tackle climate change and become net-zero emitters of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2050. By 2030 between 400-800 million people across the world will be forced to find new professions due to automation. Cyber crime could cost the world $6 Trillion by the end of 2021. For the Caucasus the year will be dominated by the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, with the biggest challenge being to get from Russian-brokered ceasefire to sustainable peace. According to a survey from the World Data Forum, 66% of U.S. companies are planning to adopt augmented reality and VR by 2022. If the entire global population were to switch to a vegan diet, some eight million lives could be saved by 2050, CO2 emissions would be cut by two-thirds, and savings in terms of healthcare and climate damage could amount to as much as $1.5trn. 2021's report finds that, by 2030, global greenhouse gas emissions will need to fall by 23% from 2019 levels to put the world on track to likely avoid 2 C warming above pre-industrial temperatures, by 33% to likely avoid 1.8 C warming, and by 56% to likely avoid 1.5 C warming. The world will rebalance during the coming years, and fake money and fake assets will suffer. WHY US PARTNERS CONTACT US Act on emerging opportunities and risks Innovate and transform AI horizon scanning & trends research Use social, strategic thinking methods Influence tomorrow Improve results / stay ahead Human-led Demo Request Your name Your organization Your email Send Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No