The O.D. is about the threats and perils that face everyone on the planet… over-population, climate change, water shortages… and what can be done to avert them. The action takes place ten or twenty years from now, by which point the Earth will have reached its tipping point (as pointed out last week by the IPCC). The burning question is, how can these threats be addressed when countries can’t agree on the simplest of things? The answer - create a base of influence outside the rest of the world that is free of history, culture, and political and religious dogma, thus enabling it to promote a solution that’s impartial and non-partisan – a solution the rest of the world can accept for...