What's a ticking time bomb you believe will explode during your lifetime?
There are a few "ticking time bombs" that many experts believe could reach a breaking point within our lifetimes. One of the most serious—and increasingly urgent—is climate-driven migration and instability . Why it’s a ticking time bomb: Climate change is already making parts of the world uninhabitable due to extreme heat, water scarcity, rising sea levels, and desertification. This is likely to displace hundreds of millions of people in the coming decades, particularly from the Global South. Mass migration on that scale can strain infrastructure, ignite nationalist backlashes, and destabilize regions not currently equipped to handle such surges. Geopolitical tension over dwindling resources like water, arable land, and livable zones is likely to grow. What's explosive about it: Climate displacement doesn’t happen in isolation. It collides with existing problems like poverty, political instability, and weak governance. Countries unprepared to abs...