Solutions Agenda - Change for a Better World

SEE HOW THE WORLD CAN CHANGE

Explore the most hopeful solutions to seven key challenges facing the world this year – and
how The Conduit will convene the people who can make those solutions happen…

The world is on fire. From collapsing democracies to malfunctioning cities and a planet in rebellion against its inhabitants, we face a slew of exisitential crises.

So what can we do about them? More than we might think. Because the world also has some remarkably gifted firefighters. They are at work in labs and committee rooms, business and academia, the glass and steel towers of finance and the grey corridors of policy.

And The Conduit’s role is to bring them together: to highlight bright ideas and convene the people who can interrogate them, and perhaps make them happen. The Solutions Agenda 2025 explains how we will do that, and shares the most hopeful, viable ways to make a difference.

We have selected seven focus areas, working to a simple criteria: where can The Conduit – and our community – have the biggest impact?

With our global reach and influential community of changemakers, the Solutions Agenda sets out how the world can change in the year ahead…

Climate & Insurance

Protecting our greatest assets

$23tn

Climate risk to the global economy over the next 25 years, slashing global growth by between 11% and 14%.

35%

Insurers’ investment assets exposed to climate risks.

$1.6tn

Value of uninsured property across the US, with some 7% of US homeowners giving up on home insurance altogether.

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The Green Economy

Ensuring a just transition

1.5°c

The rise in global temperatures considered the ‘climate tipping point’, breached for the first time over a 12-month period from Feb 2023 to Jan 2024.

$2tn

Global spending on clean energy technologies and infrastructure in 2024, almost double the amount going to fossil fuels.

$100tn to $300tn

The expected cost of the green transition by 2050, – or 2% to 8% of global annual GDP.

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Health Systems

Creating better ways of living

315,000

Deaths per year caused by climate change – through malnutrition, disease and weather disasters.

10

Countries recorded temperatures above 50°C in more than one location last year.

100,000

Lives could be saved by scaling up heat health-warning systems in 57 vulnerable countries.

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Resilient Cities

Future-proofing how we live

56%

Of us live in cities. This is expected to reach 70% by 2050.

10-15°C

Higher surface temperatures found in cities compared to rural areas.

2x

The level of heat stress on the human body in cities, compared to their rural surroundings.

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AI for Good

Harnessing AI to benefit humanity

85m

Jobs expected to be lost to AI. Though some 97 million more will be created.

$7tn

The increase in global GDP (around 7%) driven by AI, predicted to lift productivity growth by 1.5 percentage points over a 10-year period.

$613bn

Expected value of AI in healthcare by 2034, up from $27 billion in 2024.

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Democratic Innovation

Providing a voice for everyone

8%

Of the world’s population live in a ‘full’ democracy, the lowest level since 2006.

57.5%

Of the population in developed economies is ‘dissatisfied’ with how democracy is working, the highest level since 1995

91

Laws introduced globally between 2016 and 2022 on MDM: misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information.

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Refugees & Migration

Reframing the narrative

123m

Forcibly displaced people globally: 68 million are internally displaced.

40%

Of displaced people are children.

69%

Of refugees don’t travel long distances, moving to a country neighbouring their own.

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HOW CAN You Help?

Big fixes require collaboration. If you or your organisation work in any of the areas discussed here, and you would like to be involved, we’d love to hear from you.

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