WHAT'S NEXT?: Traditional slow, hierarchical leadership models are breaking down to be replaced by more agile systems of decision-making. Consequently, populist leaders are threatening to replace many career politicians while leaders in general are dealing with unprecedented, complex levels and speed of change requiring instant insights and decision-making. Many leaders (middle management) will be lost to automation in the coming years while Millennials will increasingly occupy leadership roles..

• [New] Global leadership is important so that UK can take early advantage of the potential for 5G to create new opportunities for UK businesses at home and encourage inward investment - both of which contribute to the creation of a world-leading digital economy.
• [New] The global terrorist threat from Daesh remains high, and its leadership is planning terrorist attacks in the border area between Syria and Iraq.
• Expect China to flood the world with its accomplishments: reducing poverty, going to Mars, leadership in AI and clean energy, fighting COVID-19, etc.
• The global terrorist threat from ISIL remains high, and its leadership is planning terrorist attacks in the border area between Syria and Iraq.
• Enshrined into law through the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, New York is on a path to reach its mandated goals of economy wide carbon neutrality and achieving a zero-carbon emissions electricity sector by 2040, faster than any other state.
• China has the opportunity to demonstrate conservation leadership before it hosts the next UN biodiversity summit in 2021 by strengthening its restrictions on the wildlife trade.
• Pyongyang likely will avoid serious talks with Washington before the presidential elections in November as there is a chance for a U.S. leadership change.
• In order to achieve carbon-neutrality goals by 2050 and ensure the EU's technology leadership across the entire hydrogen value chain, the European Commission recognises the need to increase support for research and innovation through existing EU funding programmes.
• A better-integrated energy system is essential in order to move to climate neutrality by 2050, while also creating jobs, ensuring a fair transition and strengthening innovation in the EU and industrial leadership at a global level.
• The UK would build a unique skill and knowledge base supporting the kind of transition that many other countries will need to go through, providing a huge opportunity for the UK to demonstrate industrial leadership.
• 5G networks can move massive amounts of data at exponentially faster speeds than existing 4G LTE networks, and will ensure American job growth, improve national security, and ensure American technological leadership in the 21st century.
• The Commission's objective is to reduce methane emissions in the EU, as well as promoting and supporting similar action internationally, with the aim of curbing temperature pathways to 2050, improving air quality, and reinforcing the EU's global leadership in the fight against climate change.
• The state of New York recently passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which has targets of 100% free electricity by 2040 and economy-wide net-zero carbon by 2050.
• Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Green New Deal set a goal to responsibly develop 9,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2035, as codified under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
• The GCC and Arab World are showing global best practices for governments rolling out ultra-fast 5G mobile networks, accounting for 16% of GCC mobile connections by 2025,: GCC Operators Set for Global Leadership.
• Private tech companies offer global leadership and have found solutions for many pressing problems, including climate change where climate warming is expected to increase 2% by 2050.
• Wind is expected to become the largest power source in the coming years, mostly driven by investment in offshore parks, where the EU has taken global leadership.
• In the coming years, the European Commission will attempt to fill the leadership vacuum on global issues, seeking to hold together the remnants of multilateralism and global governance in areas such as trade, human rights and the advancement of science.
• On global issues, as the Trump administration reduces investment in some areas, many countries around the world are expecting China to exert leadership.
• The Bank of England's failure to lead by example in greening its activities risks seriously undermining the UK's efforts to show global leadership on climate through Cop26.
• Not only will UK leadership impact the outcome of COP26 and have implications on the international stage, it is also an opportunity to pioneer of low carbon innovation at home, backing up the UK's 2050 net zero target with the credible pathways and policies to deliver it.
• South Korea would likely overtake the US as world semiconductor leader in a few years; China could attain leadership in the long term.
• China will continue to expand its 5G network aggressively as it plans to extend coverage to all 300 plus cities by the end of 2020, and remains committed to gaining global leadership in developing 5G technology.

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Last updated: 20 September 2020