PARALLAXSEEPrimary editorial space
← All spacesForecasts about climate risks, adaptation, energy transitions and ecosystems, connecting scientific and policy evidence to measurable future outcomes. 07 active predictions, ordered by distance.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 01 Target 2035Open prediction
Brazil's half-century ethanol experiment will become aviation's new refinery, converting sugarcane alcohol into certified jet fuel at industrial scale.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 02 Target 2035Open prediction
A publicly funded fleet will brighten summer clouds with seawater, protecting a reef economy whose value far exceeds the programme's durable maritime cost.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 03 Target 2032Open prediction
Rigid wings, spinning rotors and weather-routing software will make wind an automated fuel-saving system on at least 1,000 commercial ships.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 04 Target 2050Open prediction
By 2050, zoos will still keep wild animals in captivity, while more countries impose welfare requirements and species restrictions. Better habitats, conservation breeding and digital encounters will change the institution—and leave the question of freedom unresolved.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 05 Target 2045Open prediction
Japan will return to a 500°C discovery beneath Iwate and turn supercritical volcanic water into dependable electricity at city scale.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 06 Target 2050Open prediction
The oil age will end with oil still underground. Technology will keep enlarging the resource, while cheaper electric machines decide which countries' barrels are produced and which become geology again.
ParallaxSee Climate & Environment
Forecast 07 Target 2060Open prediction
Climate change will soften northern cold stress, but demographic decline and failing permafrost will leave a narrow chain of cities dependent on migrants from Muslim-majority Central Asia.
