Posts Tagged ‘natural resources’
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive picture of the main trends ahead and possible disruptive global chal-lenges in the future and to examine how the EU could position itself to take an active role in shaping a response to them. The work described in the final report contributes a fresh perspective on the future, linking widely accepted quantified trends through 2025 and beyond with the opinions of experts and policy makers on the likely consequences of these trends and wild cards. This work has been undertaken in cooperation with the Bureau of European Policy Advisors of the European Commission.
EFP Brief No. 179_Facing the future
Tags: climate change, education, food production, global challenges, global energy shortage, knowledge society, natural resources
Posted in brief, Energy, EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Global, Health, Time Horizon, until 2025 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
This brief report describes a scenario design exercise undertaken to study the future evolution of the sustainable development paradigm and its possible implications for the Spanish development model. For this purpose, three scenarios were built for a time horizon extending to 2025, displaying possible alternative economic, energetic, technological and environmental contexts. Finally, scenario implications were determined for the social, economic, territorial and governance models in the Spanish context.
EFP Brief No. 172: Sustainable Development Scenarios Spain
Tags: governance models, human resources, institutional resources, natural resources, social change, technoloical resources
Posted in brief, Environment (including climate change), Spain, until 2025 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
DG Research’s Directorate for Science, Economy and Society in collaboration with the Bureau of European Policy Advisers launched a foresight exercise on “The World in 2025”, which resulted in a report published in January 2009.
EFP Brief No. 167_The World in 2025
Tags: demography, education, natural resources, social change, technological innovation
Posted in brief, China, Environment (including climate change), EU, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, until 2025 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The main objective of the project was to establish a future vision (2020) and define the best means for the production, commercialization and innovation of products on the basis of medicinal plants of the Andean region of South America that would contribute to its social and economic development.
EFMN Brief No. 155_Andean Medicinal Plants
Tags: financial services, human resources, medicine, natural resources, roadmap, services, SWOT, tourism, UNIDO, water
Posted in brief, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Latin America, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
This brief intends to provide an overview of the rationale underlying the EU-Africa Energy Partnership, in addition to an analysis of the potential implications of this policy on the development of sub-Saharan African nations. It is posited that the partnership could have potentially negative repercussions if critical uncertainties are not sufficiently taken into account, and that it is in the EU’s best interest to ensure that outcomes are genuinely equitable. The research also has implications for other developing nations around the world seeking to further their economies and raise living standards by means of engaging in the global biofuels industry.
EFMN Brief No. 149_EU-Africa Energy Partnership
Tags: biofuel, climate, environmental sustainability, farming, gas, hydrogen, natural resources, OPEC, roadmap, social change, sustainability, tourism, vehicle, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Global, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015 | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
The Club of Amsterdam set up an ‘Old and New Energy Lab’ designed to generate novel and potentially viable plans of action for dealing with energy issues by leveraging brainstorming methods to produce innovative thinking and bypass preconceived ideas and assumptions. The process tapped into the expertise of ‘thought leaders’ chosen for their diversity so as to maximise the fertility of discussions.
EFMN Brief No. 138_ Energy Lab
Tags: automotive, biofuel, building (housing), cities, climate, consumption, education, electricity, farming, gas, housing, hydrogen, natural resources, vehicle, waste, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Netherlands, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015 | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
This brief presents an overview of major trends and policy options for rural areas. A number of social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends as well as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats will be highlighted, followed by ten major policy options in view of two traditional and conflicting objectives: rural socio-economic development and countryside protection.
EFMN Brief No. 129_Rural_Areas
Tags: building (housing), cities, climate, construction, defense, developing countries, education, electricity, enlargement (EU), entrepreneurs, farming, financial services, health care, housing, human resources, hydrogen, jobs, knowledge society, manufacturing, marine, migration, natural resources, regional development, rural areas, services, SME, SWOT, tourism, universities, water, youth
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Regional, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
The National Foresight Programme “Poland 2020” is the first national foresight exercise being carried out in Poland. It is being con-ducted in three research areas: sustainable development of Poland, information and telecommunication technologies, and security. Its main aim is to set up paths of scientific research and development capable of accelerating long-term social and economic growth. An-other equally important goal is to trigger public debate on visions of Poland’s future. The realization of the programme has been pre-ceded by a pilot foresight project in the area of “Health and Life” research.
EFMN Brief No. 121_Poland 2020_SocioTrans
Tags: education, media, natural resources, services, SWOT, universities
Posted in brief, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Poland, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The purpose of this scenario exercise is to support the Dutch national government in the development of policies on spatial planning, natural resources, and quality of the physical environment. By exploring how various aspects of the living environment and land use in the Netherlands may develop in the long run (2040), the study aims to show when and where current policy objectives may come under pressure and which new issues may emerge.
EFMN Brief No. 108 – Dutch Environment
Tags: cities, climate, consumption, demographic change, demography, education, gas, housing, migration, mobility, natural resources, safety, services, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, National, Netherlands, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2020, until 2040 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
In the context of the Lisbon strategy and the Barcelona targets, the Luxembourg government intends to increase the level of public spending n R&D from about 50M€ in 2005 to 220 M€ by 2009 and to concentrate the budget increase on a limited number of promising re-search areas on the basis of clearly stated strategic and operational objectives. The purpose of the first national foresight in Luxembourg, conducted in 2006-2007, was to inform policy-makers and provide direction for the definition of these national research priorities.
EFMN Brief No. 99 – Luxemburg
Tags: automotive, banking, climate, consumption, e-government, education, financial services, health care, human resources, life style, media, medicine, migration, mobility, natural resources, nutrition, polymers, sensors, services, sustainability, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Luxembourg, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015 | Comments Off
