Hopes For 2025

The Ipsos Predictions Survey is a 33-country study which looks at people’s expectations and predictions for the year ahead so what are people expectations for 2025?
Two-thirds (65%) say 2024 was a bad year for their country which isn't great but it is the lowest figure since 2019 but seven in ten (71%) say they are optimistic 2025 will be better and are positive that the global economy will be stronger than in recent years with Indonesia (88%) and China (86%) leading in this category and Japan (38%) and France (25%) the least positive.
47% of people think there should be greater regulation of the tech industry and fear technology leading to AI-driven job losses (65%) with Sweden (46%) and Great Britain (46%) and the USA (45%) more skeptical on such a reality. 37% are intent on reducing their social media usage and 35% fear significant disruption caused by technology.
Fears of another Global pandemic are subsiding (47%) but 49% fear the threat of nuclear conflict with Indonesians (79%) and Malaysians (67%) feeling particularly worried and resolutions to the wars currently raging around the Globe are down on the previous year, with only 27% expecting the Ukraine/Russia war to end and expectations for peace in the Middle East during 2025 are even lower (22%).
Environmental concerns persist with 80% expecting global temperatures to continue rising, 72% anticipating more extreme weather events while 52% are skeptical that World Governments will introduce measures to reduce carbon emissions.
Hopes for gender pay equality remain with 49% globally believing it will be achieved in 2025 and 33% of people believe their own countries will become more tolerant of one another while expectations for a four-day working week are low, with only 32% globally predicting its widespread adoption.
Taken as a whole not a brilliant assessment of hopes for 2025, most think the current wars will continue, the growth of Ai will lead to unemployment and Mother Nature will kick us around yet again while the people who could do something about it, continue to do nothing.