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Compare how strategic shifts may affect pillars and regions under stated assumptions.

Coordinated green investment surge

A sustained investment wave accelerates clean energy, grids, mobility, adaptation and industrial transition.

Pillar effects

Sustainability, Resources & Environment
+8
Economy, Trade & Competitiveness
+3
Urban Systems & Connectivity
+5
Science, Innovation & Technology Frontiers
+3
Regional effects
Africa
+2
Asia
+1
Europe
+1
Middle East
0
North America
+1
South America
+2
Oceania
+1

Global trade fragmentation

Strategic blocs deepen controls, duplicate supply chains and reduce cross-bloc exchange.

Pillar effects

Economy, Trade & Competitiveness
-8
Science, Innovation & Technology Frontiers
-4
Peace, Security & Resilience
-2
Governance, Diplomacy & Global Role
-5
Regional effects
Africa
-3
Asia
-4
Europe
-3
Middle East
-2
North America
-2
South America
-2
Oceania
-2

AI productivity acceleration

Reliable lower-cost AI diffuses through services, industry, science, education and government.

Pillar effects

Science, Innovation & Technology Frontiers
+9
Economy, Trade & Competitiveness
+6
Human Development & Institutions
+3
Urban Systems & Connectivity
+3
Regional effects
Africa
+1
Asia
+3
Europe
+3
Middle East
+2
North America
+4
South America
+1
Oceania
+2

Compound climate shock

Concurrent heat, drought, flood and food-price shocks strain systems and fiscal capacity.

Pillar effects

Sustainability, Resources & Environment
-11
Human Development & Institutions
-5
Economy, Trade & Competitiveness
-4
Urban Systems & Connectivity
-6
Regional effects
Africa
-5
Asia
-4
Europe
-2
Middle East
-5
North America
-2
South America
-4
Oceania
-2

Multilateral renewal

Major and middle powers rebuild practical cooperation around health, climate, finance, trade and technology.

Pillar effects

Governance, Diplomacy & Global Role
+10
Peace, Security & Resilience
+5
Economy, Trade & Competitiveness
+4
Sustainability, Resources & Environment
+4
Regional effects
Africa
+3
Asia
+2
Europe
+2
Middle East
+2
North America
+2
South America
+3
Oceania
+2
Scenario outputs support comparison and preparedness; they are not predictions.