Coronavirus (Covid-19) is now profoundly impacting the future.

Failure in climate change mitigation could lead to greater human life and economic losses during the coming decades. However, this year CO2 emissions could fall by the largest amount since WWII as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill.

The simulation models predict that by the end of the year nearly 67% of the world's population will have been infected by the coronavirus at some point.

The United Nations forecasts that the global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and that this will be accompanied by continued urbanisation and changing consumer preferences.

Up to 800 million workers will lose their jobs globally by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation. Also, geopolitical realignments, emerging technologies and demographic shifts will all contribute to different manifestations of ideologically and politically motivated violence.

One billion people will be displaced from uninhabitable land and food and water shortages will occur worldwide, leading to social breakdown and outright chaos. Over the next ten years, the world of work is set to rapidly change.