Food waste will become an increasingly urgent issue, with more focus on sustainable practices and reducing the amount of food that ends up in landfills. There will be a greater emphasis on plant-based and alternative protein sources, as well as innovative ways to reduce packaging waste and promote a circular economy in the food industry.
Overall, the food landscape in 2025 will be a mixture of extremes, with technological advancements and changing consumer preferences shaping the way we eat and think about food. It will be a year of contradictions, challenges, and opportunities for the food industry as it navigates a rapidly evolving landscape.
But now, with the release of the Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, the world of sports will be forever changed. Athletes will have access to real-time data, coaching, and analysis right in front of their eyes, revolutionizing the way they train and compete. This technological advancement will not only enhance performance but also provide a new level of entertainment for fans, making sports even more immersive and interactive. The future of sports in 2025 is bright, bold, and full of exciting possibilities. Get ready to witness history in the making. This excerpt discusses various trends and developments expected in 2025, ranging from technology to film to financial matters. It mentions the rise of augmented reality glasses for sports viewing, the release of several intriguing films including documentaries and animations, and predictions for changes in consumer prices and financial activities in the UK. Additionally, it hints at potential windfalls for consumers due to various factors such as inheritances and compensation for car finance deals. The article also touches on the housing market and the impact of certain budget decisions on property sales. Lastly, it briefly mentions a reunion between Liam and Noel Gallagher for a series of stadium shows in the summer.
Meanwhile, as with Taylor Swift’s shows, we can expect a flurry of news reports as analysts speculate on the scale of the spending bonanza that next summer’s Oasis reunion concerts are set to unleash.
The reunited Gallagher brothers are playing 17 sold-out shows in UK stadiums and parks between 4 July and 28 September (more dates could be added), so that’s a lot of pints, parkas and bucket hats on top of spending on food, travel, accommodation and merch. One economic consultancy has predicted that each fan will spend £406, thereby boosting the economy by almost £500m. Rupert Jones
Environment
One small step for Trump. One giant leap backwards for humankind. Brace yourself for a flurry of grim environmental news when the climate-denying businessman returns to the White House in January.
As was the case last time around, Trump is likely to kick off his administration with a series of decrees that roll back many of the nature protections and renewable energy incentives of the Biden years, particularly the Inflation Reduction Act – the most ambitious US climate plan in history.
Globally, the biggest impact will be felt when Trump pulls the US out of the Paris climate agreement. The new president’s appointments will include Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive, as energy secretary and Lee Zeldin, a former congressman who voted against wildlife refuges and oil drilling moratoriums, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. They will be charged with promoting an “America First” agenda, which means taking a wrecking ball to any regulation that holds back fossil fuel interests and extractive industries – and unlike during Trump’s first term, they will face fewer legal and legislative hurdles because the Republican party controls both houses and Trump appointees dominate the supreme court.
Renewable energy may well weather the storm because wind and solar prices are now cheaper than oil, gas and coal. The biggest impacts will be on nature, people in the global south and international efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Rightwing parties throughout the world are likely to be emboldened to step up their campaigns against net zero targets.
Political denials will make no difference, however, to the physics of the climate crisis, which will grow worse as long as emissions continue to rise.
Politics
If 2024 delivered a landslide victory and a return to power for Labour, 2025 has to be the year in which signs of national recovery become visible: the party has to show its reason for governing.
Keir Starmer and his party can afford to be unpopular at this point in the political cycle, even to be seen as error-prone in their first months in power. Tony Blair, after all, had difficulties after May 1997 and went on to win two more elections.
What Starmer’s Labour cannot do, however, is continue to be perceived so negatively for much longer.
The omens are not good. Labour put most of its eggs in the economic growth basket in its election campaign. Starmer promised to deliver the highest growth in the G7 by the end of this parliament – an almighty hostage to fortune.
Rachel Reeves’s October budget then hammered employers by raising their national insurance to repair damage done to the public finances by 14 years of Tory rule. The result, the Bank of England says, is that growth is now all but nonexistent. Reeves will explain next month how she plans to kickstart economic activity.
Public services, the NHS, social care, education, the courts – all desperately need more investment so that people can feel improvement. But an economy heading in the wrong direction means tax revenues will be below expectations, giving less to spend in areas of need.
Dangers loom everywhere. Donald Trump’s return as US president threatens a global trade war, with tariffs of 20% on UK imports into the US, and 60% ones on those from China. The UK remains outside the EU’s single market and customs union – so it is horribly exposed.
2025 verá preparativos para una renegociación del Acuerdo de Comercio y Cooperación post-Brexit (TCA) con la UE en 2026. Sin embargo, Bruselas no está interesada en grandes cambios, y el gobierno de Starmer no quiere arriesgarse a adoptar una postura abiertamente pro-UE que pueda beneficiar a Nigel Farage y Reform UK o favorecer las posibilidades de Kemi Badenoch de establecerse más firmemente como líder del Partido Conservador. El único movimiento que haría una gran diferencia, la reentrada del Reino Unido en el mercado único de la UE, no ocurrirá en el primer mandato laborista. En muchos aspectos, los requisitos económicos y políticos del gobierno están en desacuerdo a medida que Reform UK sube en las encuestas.
En el extranjero, el Reino Unido necesita trazar un curso difícil con Washington de Trump, la UE y China, y buscar progreso, mostrando influencia del Reino Unido, en conflictos intratables en Medio Oriente y Ucrania.
El camino por delante para el gobierno de Starmer en casa no es fácil de ver. Necesita éxitos visibles en la economía y también en inmigración.
La líder de la Cámara de los Comunes, Lucy Powell, dice que una agenda legislativa completa mostrará que el cambio social más amplio ya está en marcha. Un proyecto de ley de planificación e infraestructura en 2025 eliminará las restricciones que impiden la construcción de nuevas casas y sofocan la economía. Un proyecto de ley de delitos y policía y un proyecto de ley de seguridad fronteriza, asilo e inmigración abordarán el comportamiento antisocial y el tráfico de personas. La renacionalización de los servicios ferroviarios continuará a buen ritmo, al igual que la reforma de los derechos de los trabajadores. Se introducirán clubes de desayuno gratuitos en cada escuela primaria estatal.
Pero con el crecimiento rozando el fondo, la evidencia de mejora en los niveles de vida probablemente se sentirá incremental en el mejor de los casos. La mejor esperanza del Partido Laborista es demostrar que tiene algo parecido a un plan coherente y que podría ser lo suficientemente competente para llevarlo a cabo. Toby Helm
Estilo de vida
A estas alturas, es posible que estés familiarizado con lo que solo se puede describir como la “cultura de los mimos”. Un ramo de tulipanes un martes, una mascarilla facial elegante para el fin de semana: darte algo completamente innecesario pero lindo porque quizás te lo merezcas.
Esto está creciendo junto con el “destello”. En pocas palabras, esto es lo opuesto a un “desencadenante”: pequeños momentos de alegría que tienen un impacto positivo en tu salud mental (el olor a pan fresco, la sensación de tu gato acostado en tus pies en una noche fría). Además, los mejores destellos no cuestan nada.
Los chicos cool están buscando prendas vintage de Stone Island y CP Company en eBay, mientras que los ricos quieren el parka ultra-técnico de Moncler en crema, pero de cualquier manera en que se incline tu ingreso, no hay duda de que la parka ha experimentado un gran renacimiento cultural este año. Esto se debe en parte al regreso de Oasis y en parte porque la alta moda, especialmente Burberry, Rabanne y Filippa K, se ha vuelto tan hábil en volver a comercializar algo práctico y cálido como elegante para la alfombra roja. Chioma Nnadi, jefa de British Vogue, recientemente usó su parka de Loewe sobre un vestido de Simone Rocha en una elegante fiesta de Vogue.
La relación entre la moda y los libros crecerá en 2025. El diseñador Marc Jacobs publica selfies de “hora de lectura” en Instagram, Matthieu Blazy de Bottega Veneta ha creado este mes una colección inspirada en el libro para niños seminal de 1985 de Richard Scarry “El Gran Libro de las Palabras” utilizando cuero intrecciato, y el diseñador alemán Daniel Del Core dio a las modelos una copia de “Frankenstein” de Mary Shelley para llevar en su pasarela de primavera de 2025. Este año, Saint Laurent abrió una librería en París, mientras que Alaïa abrió un café en Londres, dirigido por la pastelera real Violet Cakes en asociación con la vendedora de libros de culto Claire de Rouen. Ahora puedes estar bien vestido y bien leído. Morwenna Ferrier