Executive Summary
Amid multiplying global crises, there is an urgent need to tackle pressing global challenges by leveraging existing advanced solutions that also unlock unprecedented opportunities. Rising above sub-optimal rivalries and competition to execute these solutions creates the potential for a secure, sustainable, and superior future for all.
Technology’s Role in a World in Crisis and Transition
Major crises are straining global governance structures, driving political shifts, and eroding public trust in institutions, and threaten to overwhelm the liberal international order in a time of global transition. Technology has a critical role to play in this transition, with 19 core technologies serving as the building blocks of the Information Age, building the world’s future.
Lifting the World: Harnessing Technology to Meet the SDGs
The success of the SDGs hinges on the world's ability to identify, scale, and implement mass solutions rapidly and globally, nine of which are outlined in in this report and cumulative have the potential to drive global SDG progress to nearly 90%. Technology is a critical component of all these solutions and technology companies are well suited to lead in their deployment.
Creating the Future: Transforming the World Beyond Sustainable Development.
The world’s longer-term transition to a sustainable secure and superior future is dependent on technological progress and innovation breakthroughs. The 19 core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are keystones to delivering further progress, representing critical control point of the future and has emerged as areas of increasing competition between both states and technology companies
The Road to the Information Era: Transition Scenarios
The shift into the post-industrial era of the Information Age is poised to bring geopolitical conflict, economic turmoil, and social fragmentation. The world faces two distinct paths forward: a prolonged and turbulent transition characterized by conflict and missed opportunities, or a shorter, more cohesive transition driven by global cooperation and shared innovation.
Conclusion
The world stands at a pivotal moment in history, marked by an unprecedented convergence of crises and a profound global transition to the future. As nations grapple with interconnected challenges, the potential of technology to serve as both a disruptor and a unifier is becoming increasingly clear.
