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1. All products will have become services. “I don't own anything. I don't own a car. I don't own a house. I don't own any appliances or any clothes,” writes Danish MP Ida Auken. Shopping is a distant memory in the city of 2030, whose inhabitants have cracked clean energy and borrow what they need on demand. It sounds utopian, until she mentions that her every move is tracked and outside the city live swathes of discontents, the ultimate depiction of a society split in two.
3. US dominance is over. We have a handful of global powers. Nation states will have staged a comeback, writes Robert Muggah, Research Director at the Igarapé Institute. Instead of a single force, a handful of countries – the U.S., Russia, China, Germany, India and Japan chief among them – show semi-imperial tendencies. However, at the same time, the role of the state is threatened by trends including the rise of cities and the spread of online identities,
5. We are eating much less meat. Rather like our grandparents, we will treat meat as a treat rather than a staple, writes Tim Benton, Professor of Population Ecology at the University of Leeds, UK. It won’t be big agriculture or little artisan producers that win, but rather a combination of the two, with convenience food redesigned to be healthier and less harmful to the environment.
Today, President Biden will announce a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2030 – building on progress to-date and by positioning American workers and industry to tackle the climate crisis.
In the Pope’s eyes, the solution to these interfaith tensions lies in dialogue and diplomacy – not in armed struggle. Needless to say, he is committed to peace, whether between Cuba and the United States, between Russia and Ukraine, or between Israel and Palestine. As well as his many official visits to the Arab-Muslim world where he advocated for peace and interreligious dialogue. His most recent trip to Morocco speaks volumes on this subject, as Francis once again called for dialogue and fraternity between the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), the only way to overcome hatred and division. Great moments of spiritual communion took place during this trip, including this concert by the Moroccan Symphony Orchestra. Muslim (Allahu akbar), Jewish (Adonai) and Christian (Ave Maria) prayers were sung in unison:
Pope Francis launched Tuesday the Vatican’s seven-year Laudato si’ action plan to implement environmental sustainability in different sectors of the Church from religious orders to Catholic schools and hospitals.
His Holiness, Pope Francis requested Heads of Governments and Heads of States to follow up the agreement on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda with concrete action, declaring the Agenda
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan.
People need to get prepared for what's coming especially in America.
And now we’re learning that humans might be able to achieve immortality by the year 2030. Let’s take a moment for that to sink in.
In 7 years, humans might be able to live indefinitely, predicts Ray Kurzweil, a futurist with a track record of accurate predictions. He believes that with the technological advances and expansions, we’re witnessing today in genetics, robotics, and nanotechnology; we’ll soon have nanobots running through our veins.