Chronicle of the Future
  * 2050 and beyond index

 

RICHARD GIRLING
Environment

RISING SEA levels will render the Maldives uninhabitable and deprive Bangladesh of 17% of its land. The Thames Barrier will be made taller

WAR WILL erupt between nations competing for water in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent

RISING SEA levels and changes in world agriculture will create 150m environmental refugees

THEORIES ABOUT global warming will be revised. Changes to the Gulf Stream could make Britain's climate chill down rather than warm up: forget life on the Riviera; think Newfoundland

THE PAPER-FREE office never arrives

MANY BRITISH rivers will dry up because of water abstraction