What will Australia be like in 2060? A report by the CSIRO.
Dec 19, 2019
This year, the CSIRO published a report to address the question:
‘What will Australia be like economically, socially and environmentally in 2060?’
The report outlines 6 key challenges that Australia will face over the next 40 years:
- Rise of Asia: by 2030, the Asia-Pacific region will be home to 65% of the world’s middle class.
- Technological change: the rise of artificial intelligence, automation, and biotechnology will impact heavily on the nature of work. **This has huge implications for education**
- Climate change and environment: unprecedented global warming will take place, resulting in social, economic and environmental stress. Soil health will continue to decline.
- Demographics: both the growing population, and the ageing population, will put pressure on existing services.
- Trust: people don’t really trust government anymore. They also...