The reconfiguration is already in the data.

conflicts between states in 2025, the most since records began in 1946.

of the world's rare-earth refining happens in one country.

The last eleven years are the eleven hottest ever recorded.

as much invested in clean energy as in oil, gas and coal: about $2.2tn against $1.1tn in 2025.

of jobs worldwide are exposed to AI. In advanced economies, 60%.

of workers' core skills are expected to change by 2030.

megacities today. In 1975 there were eight.

people on Earth is forcibly displaced: 117.8 million.

For the average person, democracy is back to its 1978 level.

are unwilling or hesitant to trust someone with different values.

people are online, about three in four people on Earth.

get news from social and video platforms each week, now ahead of news sites.

people worldwide is lonely. 871,000 deaths a year are linked to it.

of employees worldwide feel engaged at work.

drop in the cost of GPT-3.5-level AI in under two years.

Data-centre power use more than doubles by 2030, slightly more than Japan uses today.