What are the best places to face a possible collapse of humanity? | Researchers conducted a study to answer this question

One study claims that if the Apocalypse were to happen, the the best place to be at the end of civilization is New Zealand. The Anglia Ruskin University Institute for Global Sustainability research says the Oceania country could withstand the collapse better.

Experts examined issues such as natural and man-made disasters, such as climate change; financial meltdowns and even a pandemic like the coronavirus. Island countries, with temperate climates, a small population per capita, well-dispersed and stable agricultural sectors, and with the capacity to harness renewable energy, are the ones that scored well in the survey.

Other countries with good scores were Iceland, Ireland and the island of Tasmania, located off the coast of Australia. The ability to control unwanted immigration was also a benefit that was taken into consideration.

For the authors of the work, published in the journal Durability, The UK’s high self-sufficiency score came as a surprise, with its ‘abundant indigenous renewable and non-renewable energy sources, modern high-tech economy and high manufacturing capacity’.

Professor Aled Jones, one of the research leaders, pointed out that in recent years there have been global food losses, a financial crisis and the pandemic, and even so “we have been lucky that not everything did not occur at the same time “. According to him, “As you start to see these events happening, I worry more. I hope we can learn more quickly than in the past that resilience is important.”

He also considered that “the energy-intensive industrial civilization which encompasses the whole world and which characterizes the modern era represents an abnormal situation compared to most of human history”.

How close are you to a doomsday scenario? For those responsible for the study, it may be much closer than you think, with the world in a “dangerous state.”

New Zealand is a country that stands out for the fact that there are billionaires who have bought goods in the archipelago. Take, for example, tycoon Peter Thiel, who bought a 200-acre property near Wanaka, on the South Island, in 2015. Thiel is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and became a citizen after only four visits to the country.

Another who has settled in the ocean country is director James Cameron, who resides on an organic farm in Wairapa, near Wellington, the New Zealand capital. Meanwhile, host Matt Lauer has invested over $ 9 million in a large estate in Wainaka.

Of course, to gain access to property, foreigners must seek approval from the Foreign Investment Office, a government agency.

New Zealand’s economy is dependent on imports, has energy potential and has abundant land for agricultural production. It has a population of less than five million and its prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has been praised for her handling of the pandemic. Indeed, the country appears first in the list of the best countries to defeat the pandemic.