As the year begins, people from diverse backgrounds share their predictions and hopes for 2025, reflecting on the potential for change and the challenges we may face.
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Six global experts shared their predictions for 2025 with Euronews.
Bertrand Piccard, Swiss explorer and founder of Solar Impulse
“My predictions for 2025 depend entirely on the decisions and behaviors we have today”.
“If we phase out fossil fuels, we will have a better environment. If we show more kindness, wisdom and compassion, the world will be a better place. If we reduce poverty, there will be fewer wars. It is therefore up to us to act.”.
Luisa Neubauer, German climate protection activist
“For the year 2025, I fear that we will experience a new wave of disasters, this is my first prediction. The second is a frantic battle for the truth. The truth will be the most precious commodity in the years to come, and it will be fought on all sides”.
“And the third thing I also see for next year is a lot of unlikely heroic stories”.
Doowy, Belgian musician
“For 2025, I would like to predict digital health in much better shape than we currently have. I would like us to really focus on our friends. I predict a year where we will prioritize our real social connections over those who don’t. are not real”.
Nieves Herrero, Spanish journalist and writer
“My first wish: the end of wars, the war in Ukraine, the war in Gaza… too many victims, too much pain, too much violence. Secondly, I hope that we, the authors, will achieve this through our writings , to promote harmony”.
“And thirdly, I hope that women will stop being the victims of violence in our homes and that we will live through 2025 with equality and respect”.
Paul Watson, Canadian animal rights activist and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
“My predictions for 2025 are: first of all, I think we can end whaling in Iceland.”
“Secondly, I think it will raise awareness among the Danes in the Faroe Islands to stop the horrific slaughter of dolphins and pilot whales. Finally, we will put pressure on Japan to stop the hunt to the whale”.
ADVERTISEMENTWim Wenders, German filmmaker
“This planet is suffering enormously. This is all going in the wrong direction. When it comes to politics, old ideas that didn’t work before are coming back. Nationalism is back in fashion. The idea of Europe is much more beautiful”.
