I ask about the UK as that's where I'm from and the country I know most about.

Just seems like we have a lot going for us and a lot against us.

Pros: small, defensible island, temperate weather, decent economy by global standards.

Cons: aging population, low birthrate, mass panic about illegal immigrants (haven't even experienced climate change refugees yet), increasingly unpredictable weather, extremely densely populated island, not food self sufficient, increasingly politically polarised, economy stagnant, etc.

How do you think this island will fare going forward? Especially compared to the rest of Europe and the wider world?

In this article form Nik Gowing, former BBC World News Presenter he says that the catastrophic glacier failure on the Nepal–Tibet border is a stark metaphor for the crumbling stability of the world we have taken for granted.

The ice and permafrost that once held the mountain together are melting. The same is happening to the systems that have underpinned our security, politics, economics and international order.