Posts Tagged ‘vehicle’
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
The purpose of the present brief is to explore how foresight studies perceive, interpret and handle the EU’s role in the world. The examination of its role can be interpreted in different ways, can include a wide range of perspectives, and can apply to various levels of reference (political, social, economic, technological, scientific etc.). We have focused on the concerns and challenges the European Commission has noted as of major importance in the coming years.
EFMN Brief No. 133_EU_’s_Role
Tags: arts, climate, demographic change, developing countries, globalisation, marine, migration, mobility, safety, terrorism, vehicle
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
This foresight initiative intends to initiate the elaboration of a long-term strategic plan for French Transport policy. The exercise uses a French methodological approach to carry out retrospective analysis of historical trends and build quantitative scenarios. It provides general insights on transportation flows and opens public debate on public policies designed to prepare for the “post-oil” era and cre-ate impulses for a serious effort to reduce greenhouse emissions.
EFMN Brief No. 112 – Transport France 2050
Tags: aging population, consumption, demography, electricity, gas, mobility, safety, services, tourism, vehicle
Posted in brief, Energy, FP7 Themes, France, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2050 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Knowledge and innovation are the key factors in ensuring Flanders’ future prosperity and welfare. The government, companies and knowledge institutions must join forces to create focus and critical mass in strategic areas that strengthen Flanders’ competitive position and offer potentially substantial social benefits. Foresight studies are an excellent means of linking science and technology with innovation in industry and society while at the same time creating a decision-supporting framework for regional innovation policy and its relationship with regional economic developments.
EFMN Brief No. 98 – Technology and Innovation in Flanders
Tags: biology, converging technologies, education, health care, manufacturing, medicine, optics, photonics, services, sustainability, vehicle
Posted in Belgium, brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Regional, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
While corporate social responsibility is increasingly requested in order to respond to current environmental challenges and threats to public health, the ISIS group of the Commissariat Général du Plan of the French Government (“The Plan”) analyses trends in corporate behaviour as well as regulatory principles underlying sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. Beyond this, the ISIS group explores future issues in different sectors in order to illustrate existing junctions and differences. Based on this prospective analysis, ISIS built four strategic scenarios for state intervention to make an inventory of tools to urge enterprises encompassing social and environmental issues in their schemes for economic development.
EFMN Brief No. 91 – Government and Corporate Social Responsibility 2020
Tags: automotive, chemicals, chemistry, climate, construction, consumption, corporate, developing countries, natural resources, recycling, safety, textiles, vehicle, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), FP7 Themes, France, Geography, Health, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Austria intends to launch a national research programme on safety and security that is complimentary to PASR – an EU funded Preparatory Action on Security Research as well as the upcoming Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union. To prepare the ground for this new national research funding initiative, a foresight process was started to investigate conceptual issues concerning safety and security research and to identify Austrian priorities for research in this area. This initiative was coordinated by the Federal Ministry for Transportation, Innovation and Technology of Austria.
EFMN Brief No. 33 – Austrian Safety and Security Research 2011
Tags: cities, construction, converging technologies, education, medicine, migration, OPEC, quantum cryptography, safety, services, social science, software, terrorism, textiles, universities, vehicle, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
The chemical sector in Flanders-Belgium is among the largest in Europe and the petrochemical centre around the port of Antwerp is the second largest in the world. This foresight study intends to contribute to maintaining and even strengthening the competitiveness of this sector in the future. The approach was to:
- Identify and map future scientific and technological developments in the chemical sector from a socio-economical perspective,
- Offer companies in the chemical sector in particular their R&D managers, a window-of-opportunity through which to gain a longterm perspective on the industry and anticipate their future needs in terms of RTD capacity.
EFMN Brief No. 25 – The Chemical Industry in Flanders – Towards 2010
Tags: biology, chemicals, chemistry, climate, construction, electronics, manufacturing, physics, polymers, safety, vehicle, waste, youth
Posted in Belgium, brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Regional, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2010 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The exercise had the goal of identifying market and industry trends and drivers for the automotive sector over a 20 year time horizon. In addition, performance measures and targets for the road transport system were defined. The technologies needed to meet these targets and the research required to deliver them were discussed. This foresight exercise was carried out in the context of a £100M programme whose current phase started in 2001 with a revision in 2003.
EFMN Brief No. 6 – Foresight Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2020
Tags: automotive, consumption, corporate, electronics, entertainment, hydrogen, life style, manufacturing, mobility, polymers, recycling, roadmap, safety, services, software, vehicle, waste, working patterns
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), United Kingdom, until 2020 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Consistent with its overall mission to encourage a more anticipatory approach to dealing with change, the Industry Sector Futures initiative of the EMCC offers analyses and insights at a sectoral and European level on drivers of change, scenarios for sector futures and key policy issues and implications that will affect the future of industry sectors in Europe.
EFMN Brief No. 4 – Anticipating Change for Europes Industries 2020 to 2025
Tags: arts, automotive, banking, chemicals, climate, climate change, consumption, defense, demography, financial services, human resources, IT, life science, manufacturing, media, medicine, nutrition, safety, services, social change, sustainability, textiles, vehicle
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2020, until 2025 | Comments Off
