Amid the climate crisis, Covid and crumbling democracies, I find hope in people who show the best of humanity | Trent Zimmerman

It's the potential of individuals to change the world which is at the heart of democratic liberalism - but their actions must be matched by global support

As we farewell 2022, many of the world's citizens will be hoping for a better new year. It is hard to look back on the past year - indeed couple of years - without a high degree of angst about the direction of our global community.

We have been battered by a pandemic that, while past the peak for most nations, is still disrupting societies and economies. After two years of its hermit-like isolation, 1.4 billion Chinese citizens are now experiencing a nationwide Covid onslaught for the first time with ripples that will not only affect the lives of those in China but the rest of the world linked to the second largest economy.