Trend · rank 204 of 250

Early-warning coverage

Observation and communication technologies are extending hazard forecasting and alerts, but losses are avoided only where warnings reach people in time and still work when power and networks fail.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilienceresilienceinformationclimate

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Early-warning systems. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
204of 250
Sensitivity
5.0rank 205
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
27.2rank 166
Eigenvector
1.9
Betweenness
2.6
Links
11trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
12.7

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
94
Over a year
−31%Fading
Over three years
−24%
Peak
59127 Jul 2025
Sources
Bothagreement -0.16
Coverage
6languages · 28 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (6 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English70%163+38%
Chinese11%118−24%
French6%110+7%
German5%97+10%
Spanish4%131+21%
Japanese4%187+45%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ireland

Canada

United States

New Zealand

United Kingdom

South Africa

Australia

Singapore

Philippines

Sri Lanka

United Arab Emirates

Greece

100

37

36

35

32

21

16

9

8

8

7

6

The 12 highest of 28 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English106+26%−25%+38%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French95+18%−30%−10%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country137+3%−20%+60%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese160+44%+10%+81%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries135+22%−35%−23%
AfricaGoogle in 1 country331+82%+407%+371%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish95+36%−74%+32%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle83+86%−53%−50%
CanadaGoogle60+63%−71%−26%
ChinaGoogle137+3%−20%+60%
FranceWikipedia in French110+35%+7%−12%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German114+16%−5%+32%
IndiaGoogle126+11%−22%−41%
IndonesiaGoogle178+68%+65%+105%
JapanWikipedia in Japanese187+39%+45%+106%
South KoreaGoogle333+141%+1926%+181%
MexicoGoogle58+18%−90%−4%
South AfricaGoogle331+82%+407%+371%
United KingdomGoogle36−15%−82%−73%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English105+23%−22%+37%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighDams, reservoirs & flood defenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience137
4 · HighClimate change & physical riskEnergy, networks & climate resilience138
4 · HighUrban cooling infrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilience151
4 · HighResilient construction & asset adaptationEnergy, networks & climate resilience194
3 · ModerateTelecom network resilienceEnergy, networks & climate resilience35
3 · ModerateInfrastructure ageing & maintenance backlogEnergy, networks & climate resilience39
3 · ModerateUrban population concentrationEnergy, networks & climate resilience61
3 · ModerateWater treatment & desalinationEnergy, networks & climate resilience89
3 · ModerateInsurance retreat & insurabilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience153
3 · ModerateBiodiversity & ecosystem lossFood, water & nature181
3 · ModerateDisaster risk financeEnergy, networks & climate resilience209