The young, old and an unequal world

Climate change is not making things easier. Across the world, there are signs of an impending catastrophe

In January 1993, fortnightly Down To Earth published “World on a Boil”. Its then editor, Anil Agarwal, wrote forcefully that in 1992, the world had moved several steps towards globalisation, but without giving attention to the sharp economic, social and cultural divides. He wrote — in what seems so prophetic today — that this tumultuous year, which saw the launch of (unfair) world trade rules and climate agreements, would set the agenda for globalisation in an intensely unequal world. 

This is May 2018 — a quarter of a century later — and it seems that the world has not just imploded,