Global Forecasts for 2023

1. Countries agree on an international treaty mandating the largest companies, including big tech, to pay more corporate tax abroad and a smaller share in their home countries. Link
2. 65% of the global population will have its personal data protected by privacy regulations. Link
3. Members of the United Nations-backed Race to Zero campaign is required to restrict the development, financing, and facilitation of new fossil fuel assets, including banning future coal projects. Link
4. The European Union implements the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRSs) for large public-interest companies with more than 500 employees. Link
5. The European Space Agency launches the Hera Mission, a binary asteroid system designed to detect threatening asteroids weeks before they get near Earth. Link
6. The OSIRIS-REx mission, which launched in 2016 to visit the asteroid Bennu, returns a 2.1 ounce sample of the rocky body back to Earth. Link
7. The combined market for PCs and tablets declines 2.6 percent before returning to growth in 2024. Link
8. NASA and Axiom Space launch the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX rockets. Link
9. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches the world's first wooden satellite. Link
10. The COVID-19 pandemic ends. Link
11. General Motors sells 20 all-electric car models, combining battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric vehicles. Link
12. Global gas markets remain tight as Russian pipeline gas exports decrease, keeping energy prices high, in spite of gas demand falling in Europe due to aggressive energy-saving measures. Link
13. Global polysilicon capacities nearly double by end of this year to 536 GW compared to 295 GW in 2022. Link
14. UN finally delivers climate plan to reduce emissions caused by global shipping industry. Link
15. The first government to replace its census with big-data technologies Link
16. 10% of reading glasses will be connected to the internet. Link
17. 80% of people on earth will have a digital presence online. Link
18. 90% of the global population will have a supercomputer in their pocket. Link
19. Acoustic earthquake shield developed to protect cities from earthquakes begin seeing initial use Link
20. Modifying genes to renew all body issues to youthful versions becomes possible Link
21. Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1 US dollars Link
22. World population forecasted to reach 7,991,396,000 Link
23. World sales of electric vehicles reaches 8,546,667 Link
24. Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 66 exabytes Link
25. Global Internet traffic grows to 302 exabytes

SOURCE:  QuantumRun.com