Where should we live if our civilization collapses? While most of us will have to fight to survive in this doomsday scenario, New Zealand and Australia should be spared and their people can continue to live pretty much normally, reports Futurism.
At least that’s what a new study concludes by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK who looked at which places on Earth would be best prepared to deal with the breaking of major energy chains. global supply, financial structures and other complex systems that we could no longer count on after a real collapse of today’s world. The study focuses on the concept of “De-complexification”, that is to say, a general reversal of the tendencies of our civilization.
“Significant changes are possible in the years or decades to come, Aled Jones, co-author of the study, explains in a press release. The impact of climate change, including increasing frequency and intensity of droughts and floods, temperature extremes, and increasing population movements, could determine the severity of these changes. ” According to the researchers, climate change would therefore serve as a “Risk multiplier”.
To survive, move to an island
Closer to us than New Zealand and Australia (Tasmania in particular), other countries have been identified by the study published this month in the journal Sustainability: UK and Ireland would be most likely to keep order while the rest of the world crumbles. These five countries, five islands, would thus be the best placed in terms of self-sufficiency (energy and industrial infrastructure), land available for agriculture, and isolation (distance from other large population centers).
New Zealand is said to have the greatest potential for survival thanks to its ability to generate geothermal and hydroelectric power, its abundant agricultural land and its low population density. While it may seem fanciful, this report nonetheless highlights a disturbing assumption: the world order we take for granted could actually be threatened in our lifetimes due to looming environmental, energy and infrastructural crises.
“In addition to showing which countries we believe are best placed to handle such chaos, which would undoubtedly be a deeply life-changing experience in your lives, our study seeks to shed light on actions to be taken to tackle interrelated factors. climate change, says Aled Jones. These actions are necessary to improve the resilience of nations that do not currently benefit from the most favorable conditions. ”
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