Sadly all of humanities efforts to battle climate change went unnoticed. The constant wars and new biologically engineered diseases wreacked havoc both on the economy and the environment. The global population started declining and the wealth inequality grew uncontrolled. Now only 0.01% of the population controlled all the resources and everyone else was considered slave labor. Some revolutions were instigated but sadly all of them failed due to the slaves fighting the technologically advanced weaponry of the elites with sticks.