The price of oil still stubbornly holds world economies at bay where oil spikes cripple supply chains and perhaps lead to critical thoughts on military intervention.  The Arab Spring created hope for democracy in the Middle East, but the troubled chaos also inflicted a choke on the oil production, especially in civil war-torn Libya.  As another recession looms, insight into what we have done in previous oil fluctuations and recessions could help us weather the storm in the next few years.
Libya And Arab Spring Brought Helped Recession And May Help Us Recover
China, the former slumbering giant, awoke with thunder and presses forward with economic might, but the force of their power did not help their troubles along the human rights front.  China’s burgeoning middle class, having grown up in both diametrically opposed worlds of political oppression but free market success, now seek ways to figure out what they want from a world which has given them better lives but kept their freedom away from them.  Can learning about what happiness and justice really are help push a Chinese expression movement?
China’s NetEase Sees Spikes In Learning Portals About Happiness, Justice
Predictions to futurists will be taken lightly for the reality is in the probable.  When global scientists and researchers warn of dangers to the planet in forms of drastic extinction, you must listen to the conversation.  Any form of floral or fauna extinction poses risks of adverse conditions to larger amounts of biodiversity, giving an estimation more impact on how we are to deal with it.
Researchers Claim Climate Change May Be More Damaging To Biodiversity Than Previously Thought
Climate change’s champions and detractors both point to immediate reports that frame their views, but futurists get a feel for the trends and not stark one point analysis.  As seen in previous posts such as a potentially dimming sun, combating any troubling climate change, regardless as to the finger pointing of how it is caused, may be something everyone can agree upon.  Finding new ways to combat and harness cloud formation may help in this regard.
CLOUD Hoping To Use Cosmic Rays In Creation And Control Of Could Formation