There are many essential shipping lanes with chokepoints. Some of these include the human-made Suez Canal and Panama Canal. Both cut back on the cost and time of transporting goods.

The ocean is about 70 percent of the surface area of the globe. It, including its massive depths, is a huge part of the overall biosphere of the world. We, as humans, could not survive without the ocean.

Ukraine could feed 400 million people while Russia and Ukraine supply 12 percent of the world’s traded food calories.

Security and resilience are comforting words for people, companies, and countries. This is especially so when the world, business, economies, and life in general seem so insecure and lacking in resilience. We are in such times today.

There are numerous scenarios for how climate change might affect the world. However, it is becoming clear that barring significant changes in climate policies, the world could continue to heat up.

These are challenging and confusing times, indeed. Younger people are trying, with difficulty, to make sense of it all. It is the same for those of us who have been around for longer.