In the statement “Joint statement of United Nations entities on the right to healthy environment,” the UN Environment Programme rightly suggests that we are faced with three environmental crises: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. From my day to day observations— reading and watching news — the emphasis has been…

In the first part I discussed the current state and #trends related to COVID and the environmental issues. In this second part I will touch on prospects in other areas including society, science and technology, economy, politics and global dynamics. 1. Social Transformation 1.1. Moving and Socializing In 2020 social dynamics was affected by two major forces…

1. Introduction We are living in unique times. The disruption that COVID-19 brought to the world was unprecedented in terms of impact, scale and intensity. It changed the way we live and work. While COVID-19 was wreaking havoc, climate change was manifesting acutely in the form of extreme weathers affecting millions of…

Background It’s been a month since I’ve been on Leave of Absence (LoA) from my day job. For the context, the LoA was not voluntary. On one hand, I was somewhat concerned about my job during COVID-19 outbreak — the company that I work for went through several re-org since the…

2020 was a year that deeply changed our lives. This year, many global conflicts shook the political sphere: Turkish military involvement in Syria, the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, border friction between India and China, the civil war in Yemen, and the Persian Gulf crisis. …

There is a high interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, especially math as it is regarded as the base of the rest of the science and engineering fields. …