Despite rising global wealth, most people today feel anxious about the future, according to a new report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP). 

The study reveals that six in seven people worldwide are plagued by feelings of insecurity, even those in countries with some of the highest levels of good health and wealth, and this was before the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Dianne Penn spoke to Heriberto Tapia, the Research and Strategic Partnership Advisor in the Human Development Report Office at UNDP.  

The new report is entitled New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene, and he began by explaining what this means.