More uncertainty lies ahead for public services

If there is one thing certain about the nature of the century that lies ahead, it’s uncertainty. From climate change to water, energy and food supplies, Earth’s life-support systems are creaking under the strain of humanity. For those who run public services, the prospect of a series of overlapping emergencies, each involving the raw materials of survival and each affecting unprecedentedly large numbers of people, is a formidable new challenge.

That may sound unduly apocalyptic


The main reason for this recrudescence of 1970s-style alarums is, of course, climate change