The next edition of the Festival del Futuro, scheduled in Verona and in streaming from 18 to 20 November, will address the macro-trends, touching on topics ranging from space economy up to new lifestyles that are affirming themselves. Among the panels in the program (all visible on the official site with timetables and speakers) we also point out the one with the title After the pandemic: how we will cope with future global crises, scheduled for Thursday 18 starting at 2 pm.Coronavirus emergency has upset the plans of governments and continents, forcing politicians and citizens to adapt to what has long been defined the new normal. The Festival del Futuro, whose claim for the 2021 edition is From new normal to never normal, is meant to be an opportunity for discussion with national and international experts to look in perspective with a different look.
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The Swan black which occurred in the first weeks of 2020 has accelerated the transitions that have been going on for years, also suggesting possible strategies and solutions at the intergovernmental level. In an era of global crises, we have had yet another confirmation that geopolitical isolation is not the best way forward. In Europe, for example, the goal of Next Generation EU it is the result of compromises and agreements between the 27 member countries that have overcome their respective mistrust to change the history of the old continent.
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The world has already known one crisis sanitary and has responded with billions of vaccines already administered thanks to cooperation between states and research centers. At the same time future global crises they will not only have to do with health. A few days before the start of the COP26 in Glasgow, the world is with its eyes on the Scottish city to understand how the powerful of the earth intend to react and operate in the face of climate change. The agenda of the transition ecological, to paraphrase Minister Cingolani, it will not be a "gala dinner" and will require concreteness and, above all, choices.
