Civics [New] Expansive mobile connectivity could add €2.2 trillion to the European economy by 2030 if the right policies are in place to incentivize investment in network deployment and digital transformation across the economy. [New] Although the Conservative European People's Party will still form the largest faction in the European Parliament, the bigger factions of euroskeptic and populist-right parties will also make governance of the European Union increasingly difficult. [New] One of the Trump administration's goals from renewed sanctions on the Iranian energy sector is to have an opportunity to help the U.S. energy industry with the imposition of the right policy. [New] Analysts expect revenues from the global eSports market to reach US$1 billion in 2019, largely driven by advertising, broadcasting rights and league expansion. Climate change threatens truly catastrophic consequences across much of the globe and the human rights of vast numbers of people will be among the casualties, Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. The United States will face a number of foreign policy challenges in the years ahead, including the rise of transnational right-wing populism, the international consequences of climate change, and ending America's endless wars while avoiding leaving behind dangerous power vacuums. Facebook recently announced that, starting at the end of the year, it will bar U.S. employers from excluding workers from seeing Facebook job ads according to criteria like age or gender, in order to settle legal cases filed against it by civil liberties groups. IDC forecasts more than 30 million additional new jobs globally to 2022, with up to $9 trillion of additional business revenue added to the global GDP from digital transformation. Possible CSR dimensions included community engagement, environmental opportunities, human rights, workforce diversity, employee relations, and product safety and quality. UK citizens will lose both the ability to access a higher legal authority via the UK courts to the EU courts, as well as one constitutional guarantee about human rights protections. One exception may be if the Withdrawal Agreement is ratified, and in that case, UK courts could refer legal cases concerning EU citizens' right to EU courts for up to eight years in order to provide an interpretation of EU rules. There are fears, justified or otherwise, that the 'hostile environment' policy currently applied to non-EU migrants whose status is uncertain or unclear could in future be extended to EU citizens. Both the proposed UK and actual Californian legislation are steps in the right direction, or at the very least will make vendors consider security at the design phase of developing an IoT product. While the concept of personalised nutrition is nothing new, the increase in demand is creating new marketing and revenue opportunities for food and beverage manufacturers. A Department of Energy study found that the U.S. could install 22,000 megawatts of offshore wind projects by 2030 and 86,000 megawatts by 2050, under the right policy conditions. The number of package deliveries in the U.S. will grow from 50 million per day right now to 100 million per day by 2026, and that has companies like Amazon looking for faster and cheaper ways to make deliveries. The European Union stands united behind the Republic of Cyprus and expects Turkey to respect sovereign rights of the EU Member State. Twenty U.S. states have already introduced or debated Right to Repair bills, and the European Union has legislated repairable design standards for appliances that will come into force in 2021. Right now, migrants judged to have a credible fear of persecution wait up to four years to receive a final hearing assessing their claim, something Trump has decried as a catch-and-release system that allows migrants to remain in the United States unfairly. The UK Government is working to create opportunities, jobs and long-term growth right across Scotland, and so far have committed more than £1.35 billion in city and growth deals to achieve this. The environmental crisis has sharply accelerated and economic development is not happening for too many people while inequality has reached dramatic levels, putting basic human rights at threat. If Britain leaves the European Union and seeks alignment and free trade deals with counties such as the United States and China, British companies will have to compete on a level playing field with United States and Chinese companies. The World Bank estimates that an additional 28 million people could be forced into extreme poverty by 2050 through shortfalls in economic output unless resistance is contained. See full forecast Last updated: 16 July 2019
