It’s 2087. 37 years since the final collapse into anarchy and barbarism of capitalism and 20 years since we started building global ecosocialism. Unfortunately, you are not alive to see it. You were one of the billions who died during the Decades of Disaster from 2040-2070 when catastrophic storms, droughts, wildfires and genocidal wars ravaged the Earth. It’s such a shame the revolution didn’t come sooner. So many lives and so much more of civilisation could have been saved. Those who survived had to scramble around in the ashes and wade through the floods, digging for remnants to help them build a new world. 

The polar ice caps melted completely; the Gulf Stream collapsed. Most of Ireland has been flooded or frozen over, and much of Africa and Asia is uninhabitable due to extreme heat. Whole ecosystems have been destroyed. The remaining arable land is a fraction of what it once was. Failed geoengineering projects have left sections of the planet swathed in near-permanent darkness and devastated the ecology of the seas. 

There is a zero-emission society now but it will be centuries before temperatures and sea levels stabilise. The climate is still terrifyingly unstable, nearly 4 degrees hotter than it used to be. Climate adaptation and nature restoration are the biggest fields of science. Everyone is desperate to live in harmony with nature but it’s almost impossible when everything is so out of balance. 

The oil and gas companies kept drilling and drilling and making billions and billions until the Great Collapse in 2050 when money became worthless. It was formally abolished after the Chinese working class finally pulled the emergency brake in 2067 and triggered a global ecosocialist revolution. The capitalist class were merciless in attempting to defend their privileges. Millions were slaughtered using AI and killer robots. It was when they began to use nuclear weapons that the soldiers all revolted and took back control for humanity.