1. 2000-2010
1.1. 2000
1.1.1. Vladimir Putin elected president of Russia
1.2. 2001
1.2.1. World Trade Center Attacked
1.3. 2003
1.3.1. The invasion of Iraq
1.4. 2006
1.4.1. North Korea conducts its first nuclear test
1.5. 2009
1.5.1. Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th president of the USA
2. 2011-2020
2.1. 2015
2.1.1. The Eurasian Union is formed
2.2. 2017
2.2.1. The European Union has been expanded
2.3. 2019
2.3.1. Norway's Capital Is Permanently Banning Cars From Its City Centre
2.4. 2020
2.4.1. World oil crisis
2.5. 2020
2.5.1. America's power shift is destabilising the Asia-Pacific region
2.6. 2020
2.6.1. The World's on Track to Get 26% of Its Power From Renewables by 2020
3. 2020-2030
3.1. 2022
3.1.1. Germany plans to abandon nuclear energy by 2022
3.2. 2022
3.2.1. Water is becoming a weapon of war
3.3. 2024
3.3.1. Gay marriage is legal in every US state
3.4. 2030
3.4.1. The USA is declining as a world power
4. 2030-2040
4.1. 2035
4.1.1. Economic decline in the Middle East
4.2. 2035
4.2.1. The final collapse of the European Union
4.3. 2040
4.3.1. India's economy is rivalling that of China and the U.S.
4.4. 2040
4.4.1. Tobacco has been largely eradicated
5. 2041-2050
5.1. 2041
5.1.1. Global average temperatures have risen by 2°C
5.2. 2045
5.2.1. China transitions towards a democracy
5.3. 2046
5.3.1. AI entities gain an AI representative in government