The sun rose over New Athens, a city where buildings breathe, streets adapt to traffic and travel quietly with autonomous electric vehicles. The day started with a notification on my biometric watch: Your personal energy consumption is below the monthly average! Keep it up like that! In 2030, Europe completely abandoned fossil fuels, with each city producing its own clean energy through solar and wind farms. In 2035, universal basic income was implemented, ensuring that no citizen is deprived of basic goods. In 2038, artificial intelligence became part of everyday life, helping with education, health and work, leaving people more time for creativity. As I walked towards the park, the vertical gardens cleared the air and absorbed the noise of the city. My friend, Anna, connected through augmented reality and we discussed Europe's new space programme. 2040 is not perfect, but it is a future we built together – a future worth living for.

I would like the problems we are currently struggling with to be addressed: the environment , climate and energy sources to heat that would make our lives healthier. I would like to see more green: forest, trees that are planted, in each city mandatory a percentage of green.IK would like a solution for packaging that is fully recyclable: This way, no more packaging is added: reusable boxes, with deposit if necessary.I would also like to have a healthy substitute for sulphites , dyes,perfumes that are allergy-free . No chemical additives to detergents, soap, creams and ointment, body lotion (all without sodium lauryl sulfate), also all available toothpastes. I would not want more gas, but more natural sources for heating. Incineration of green waste or other things should be banned.Energy sources such as solar panels, windmills should become the norm.Also, I would like to see more supermarkets selling local, organic products. All fruits and vegetables would be grown in their own country and organic (so not sprayed with pesticides). I would also like a solution for batteries: something without harmful acids in it.

The time was a time when Europe discovered that there were too many politically crazy rules that cost the entire population of Europe far too much money and precious time. In the years 2025 to 2040 there were positive changes, so now there is a simpler legislation, so now all the crazy taxes and foolish fees can be lowered, so now the population of the whole EU lives more confidently in a good climate of mutual trust, where politicians actually help their voters. Voters could get good education that had staff who cared about teaching and helping their students and not a systemic hell with too many rules and limitations

The future in 2040 would have been much greener. Every neighborhood and park every sidewalk has trees. I'd like kids not to keep their cell phones all the time but to walk in nature in the fields on the trails. I would like the smog to be reduced, the exhaust gas to be reduced and life to have more quality than now.