At the start of 2023, we hoped that cost of living concerns had peaked, but instead inflation remained the number one concern ever since. The war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending, with today’s news now dominated by the Israel-Hamas conflict. It was the hottest year on record, yet the urgency for climate change action is declining in many places. Chat GPT burst onto the scene, leaving governments, businesses and citizens oscillating between the wonder and the worry of AI.