Ten years ago we predicted how 2020 would turn out. From Boris as PM to the climate crisis, here’s what we got right and wrong Independent Staff
Whilst 2020 may feel like a decade in itself, as we look to the 20s, today’s
Independent team reflect on how accurate those predictions – Boris Johnson as prime minister! – were. And all those things – from Brexit to a certain pandemic – that we missed…
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Climate Correspondent Daisy Dunne on Michael McCarthy’s predictions for the natural world in 2020
“An atmosphere with more heat, moisture and energy in it could lead only to one thing: a more unpredictable global climate with severe heatwaves and droughts, more intense rainfall with subsequent flooding, and more violent storms. And so it did.”