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2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

NOTE:  This is the final report with new comments.  Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago.  Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …

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2011 Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP

UPDATE 11 December 2012:  The report is now out.  The below commentary was posted 12 December 2011, one year prior to the final report.  Global Trends 2030: Full Copy (166 Pages) Here, Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts Although Global Trends 2030 will not be released …

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SchwartzReport: Asia Owns the Future — Two Thirds of Global Middle Class in Asia by 2030

As this report spells out, “By 2030, Asia-Pacific countries will comprise nearly two-thirds of the global middle class, dwarfing the projected one-fifth for Europe and North America combined.” Along with climate change this is one of the great geopolitical meta-trends that will define the 21st century.  In the U.S., one has to also add The …

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Berto Jongman: No Drinking Water by 2040? Need Global Energy Paradigm Shift! Privatization is NOT the Answer

‘There Will Be No Water’ by 2040? Researchers Urge Global Energy Paradigm Shift Reports: World Faces ‘Insurmountable’ Water Shortage by Nadia Prupis, staff writer Common Dreams, 30 July 2014 The world risks an “insurmountable” water crisis by 2040 without an immediate and significant overhaul of energy consumption and demand, a research team reported on Wednesday. …

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Reference: HSBC South-South Special – What a Globalizing China Means for Latin America + China RECAP

Points to Consider: 01 PRC Rising in Caribbean, Central & South America 02 Banking, Mining, Power, Water… 03 PRC Non-Official Rising Employer and Tax Revenue Power 04 Not Addressed: Export of Chinese Males — Demographic Majority Inevitable Source Snap-Shot: South-South ties between China and LatAm are growing beyond the well-known trade flows. Chinese corporates are …

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Jean Lievens: Are Cities the New Global Power Node?

The End of the Nation-State? By PARAG KHANNA New York Times, October 12, 2013 SINGAPORE — EVERY five years, the United States National Intelligence Council, which advises the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, publishes a report forecasting the long-term implications of global trends. Earlier this year it released its latest report, “Alternative Worlds,” which …

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