2000s (decade) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The decade has been dominated by several wide-ranging topics, including international trade and a growing concern over energy supplies; the explosion in telecommunications and data communications; the ecological crisis; a widespread economic failure in the last quarter of the decade; further integration and dependence on technology; concerns with international terrorism and war; natural disasters, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami; an escalation of the social issues of the 1990s, and the debate over how to address global warming.
