30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T10:42:15Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T10:42:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.descriptionForesight is a powerful tool for leveraging Humanity´s ability to think about and build the Future. It provides a way to think about possible, alternative and desired futures. By doing so, it enables individuals, organisations and nations to prepare for a better future. The Foresight Briefs, are an important part of science based environmental knowledge sharing, highlighting hotspots of environmental change, featuring emerging science topics, or discussing contemporary environmental issues. This is a unique collection of foresight analyses, celebrating the milestone achievement of having published 30 Foresight Briefs, over a period of 5 years from 2017 to 2022.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41662
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number41 p.
dc.relation.TableOfContents030: Charcoal as a global commodity: is it sustainable?
dc.relation.TableOfContents029: Plastics in agriculture – an environmental challenge
dc.relation.TableOfContents028: The shrinking Arctic Sea ice
dc.relation.TableOfContents027: The growing footprint of digitalisation
dc.relation.TableOfContents026: People’s livelihood and cities - building back greener
dc.relation.TableOfContents025: Working with plants, soils, and water to cool the climate
dc.relation.TableOfContents024: Sargassum-brown tide or golden jewel
dc.relation.TableOfContents023: Nature-based solutions for urban challenges
dc.relation.TableOfContents022: Desert locusts’ upsurges: A harbinger of emerging climate change induced crises?
dc.relation.TableOfContents021: The need to eliminate lead paint globally
dc.relation.TableOfContents020: Food loss and waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ nexus
dc.relation.TableOfContents019: Blockchain technology and environmental sustainability
dc.relation.TableOfContents018: Unveiling plastic pollution in oceans
dc.relation.TableOfContents017: Challenges for the growth of the electric vehicle market
dc.relation.TableOfContents016: Seagrasses, the forgotten ecosystems
dc.relation.TableOfContents015: Growing popularity of alternate food systems for environment and health
dc.relation.TableOfContents014: Building a digital ecosystem for the planet
dc.relation.TableOfContents013: Putting carbon back where it belongs - the potential of carbon sequestration in the soil
dc.relation.TableOfContents012: Environment, climate change, and security
dc.relation.TableOfContents011: We are losing the “Little things that run the world”
dc.relation.TableOfContents010: Alternates for the use of glyphosates
dc.relation.TableOfContents009: Revisiting ocean acidification, food security and our earth system
dc.relation.TableOfContents008: Faith for Earth
dc.relation.TableOfContents007: Smoke-haze: A transboundary air pollution issue in Southeast Asia
dc.relation.TableOfContents006: Hacking economics for people and planet
dc.relation.TableOfContents005: Emerging sponge cities
dc.relation.TableOfContents004: Lake Urmia: Signs of recovery
dc.relation.TableOfContents003: The changing Aral Sea
dc.relation.TableOfContents002: Marine plastics litter and microplastics
dc.relation.TableOfContents001: Saving Lake Fabuigine
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dc.subjectcharcoal
dc.subjectplastic
dc.subjectplastic waste
dc.subjectglobal warming
dc.subjectdigital technology
dc.subjectenergy recovery
dc.subjectclimate
dc.subjectnature-based solution
dc.subjecturban development
dc.subjectdesert locust
dc.subjectlead
dc.subjectfood loss
dc.subjectfood waste
dc.subjectelectric vehicle
dc.subjectseagrass
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectpesticide
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectocean acidification
dc.subjectair pollution
dc.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No Poverty
dc.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero Hunger
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 4 - Quality Education
dc.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.sdgSDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subject.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.subject.sdgSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themeinformation
dc.subject.themedigital transformation
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.subject.themenatural areas
dc.subject.themelandscape
dc.subject.themeecosystems
dc.subject.themeresearch
dc.subject.themescience
dc.subject.themepolicy
dc.subject.themescientific policy
dc.title30 Foresight Briefs: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futures - Special Edition 2017-2022en
dc.typePolicy brief

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