Dancing on the Precipice: Avoiding the Abyss and Mitigating the Global Environmental, Political, Social and Economic Challenges of the Coming Decade

Professor Adrian Kendry
Tuesday 22nd January 2019, 4 pm, ARC/014

Seminar Synopsis

By 2030, almost 50% of a projected world population of 8.5 billion is forecast to suffer from water scarcity and severe water stress. Such scarcity threatens almost every continent and increases the likelihood of water wars. Without major changes and reforms in global governance, aided by the appropriate utilisation and implementation of artificial intelligence, the capacity of national and international institutions and decision-makers to find effective solutions to the myriad of global challenges (spearheaded by the accelerating and existential threat of global warming but also encompassing economic inequalities and deprivation) will be insufficient to prevent widespread and increasing social and political disorder.

Professor Adrian Kendry

Professor Adrian Kendry was appointed NATO's Senior Defence Economist in late August 2001, a post he held until early 2014. In February 2018 Adrian accepted the offer of a three year (part-time) Visiting Chair in Economics and Security at the University of Winchester, England. In June, he facilitated a high-level visit and speech from Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive (Prime Minister), Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the University of Winchester during the UK Visit from the Chief Executive.

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Professor Kendry's CV November 2018

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