Youth Pulse 2026: Insights From the Next Generation for a Changing World

Preface 3

Key findings 4

Introduction: Youth in a changing world 7

Economic outlook 8

Political outlook 14

Technological outlook 21

Social outlook 28

Environmental outlook 35

Policy priorities 40

Strategies to future-proof society 45

Contributors 49

Acknowledgements 49

Appendices 50

A1. Methodology 50

A2. Demography 51

Endnotes 57