Short answers, pulled from the story.
The 1st of January 2010 marked the start of a ten-year period that would reshape global economics and politics. The decade opened with an economic recovery from the Great Recession, though inflation and interest rates remained low throughout the years.
Tunisia's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali resigned on the 14th of January 2011 after anti-government protests forced him from office. This event triggered political revolutions across nations including Egypt and Bahrain as part of the regional phenomenon known as the Arab Spring.
Civil wars erupted in Libya, Syria, and Yemen as part of a regional phenomenon known as the Arab Spring. The Syrian civil war began the 15th of March 2011 when police cracked down on protesters, later morphing into full-scale conflict.
The Paris Agreement was adopted on the 12th of December 2015 by all 195 UNFCCC member states aiming to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. CO2 concentration rose from 390 to 410 parts per million over the decade alongside record temperatures and extreme weather events.
Avengers: Endgame became the highest-grossing film of all time during the decade. Cable providers saw subscriber declines as cord cutters switched to lower-cost online streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Disney+.