Daniel Franklin, co-editor of Megachange: The World in 2050 and business affairs editor at the Economist, told the Today programme's Sarah Montague that "the Armageddon industry makes a lot of noise... but underestimates our ability to adapt and be inventive".

BBC: How bright is the world's future?

On the world's reliance on oil, Daniel Franklin said that enormous progress had been made in bringing down the cost of solar energy and new forms of gas, adding that we should "look head on at risks" but we also need a corrective to look at the bigger picture.

BBC: How bright is the world's future?

At the toss, Daniel Vettori explained that two further bowlers - Kyle Mills and James Franklin - were unfit.

BBC: Pakistan make short work of Kiwis

Spinner Daniel Vettori took 6-29 in the two innings and James Franklin 5-29, including three wickets in four balls in Zimbabwe's first knock.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Zimbabwe suffer huge defeat to NZ