After getting battered by the pandemic, supply chain chokeholds and leaps in prices, the global economy is poised to be sent on yet another unpredictable course by an armed clash on Europe’s border.
Beyond 2020: How the world might recover and rebuild, according to experts
As 2020 draws to a close, there are reasons to be optimistic about the global effort to tackle today’s most pressing issues.
While the first shots of the first COVID-19 vaccine were being administered in the UK, world leaders announced new climate change commitments.
Our Great Reset call on 16 December looked at how we build on this momentum to seek multilateral solutions to the economic, health and societal challenges the world has faced over the past year.
Not all panellists were equally optimistic as they discussed the impact of Brexit, how the EU has fared in 2020, the future for international relations under a Biden presidency – and how action on climate change might affect the China-US dynamic.