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Foresight Briefs
Foresight Briefs highlight a hotspot of environmental change, feature an emerging science topic, or discuss a contemporary environmental issue. They provide a systematic way of examining possible alternative futures and outcomes of emerging environmental issues that can support strategy and policy and also inform decision-making today. UNEP's Foresight Briefs aim to present emerging issues, systemic insights and possible policy solutions on a wide range of topics related to our environment in a short readable publication.'
Recently Published Foresight Briefs The 30th Edition of the Foresight Brief considers the environmental impact of the increasing use of charcoal as a source of energy and in metallurgical applications. Charcoal as a global commodity: is it sustainable? 30 / 30 Plastics in agriculture - an environmental challenge 29 / 30 The shrinking Arctic Sea Ice 28 / 30 The growing footprint of digitalisation 27 / 30 People's livelihood and cities - building back greener 26 / 30 Working with plants, soils, and water 25 / 30 “Sargassum: Brown tide or golden jewel?” 24 / 30 Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Challenges 23 / 30 Desert locusts’ upsurges: A harbinger of emerging climate change-induced crises? Arabic 22 / 30 The need to eliminate lead paint globall 21 / 30 Food loss and waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ nexus 20 / 30 Blockchain technology and environmental sustainability Chinese | Spanish 19 / 30 Unveiling plastic pollution in oceans 18 / 30 Challenges for the growth of the electric vehicle market Chinese | Spanish 17 / 30 Seagrasses, the forgotten ecosystems 16 / 30 Growing popularity of alternate food systems for environment and health 15 / 30 Building a digital ecosystem for the planet 14 / 30 Putting Carbon back where it belongs - the potential of carbon sequestration in the soil 13 / 30 Environment, climate change and security 12 / 30 We are losing the Little things that run the world 11 / 30 Alternatives for the use of glyphosate 10 / 30 Revisiting ocean acidification, food security and our earth system 9 / 30 Faith for earth 8 / 30 Smoke-haze: A transboundary air pollution issue in Southeast Asia 7 / 30 Hacking economics for people and planet 6 / 30 Emerging sponge cities 5 / 30 Lake Urmia: Signs of recovery 4 / 30 The Changing Aral Sea 3 / 30 Marine plastics litter and microplastics 2 / 30 Saving Lake Faguibine 1 / 30
All foresight briefs
Saving Lake Faguibine Marine plastics litter and microplastics The Changing Aral Sea Lake Urmia: Signs of recovery
Emerging sponge cities Hacking economics for people and planet Smoke-haze: A transboundary air pollution issue in Southeast Asia Faith for earth
Revisiting ocean acidification, food security and our earth system Alternatives for the use of glyphosate We are losing the Little things that run the world Environment, climate change and security
Putting Carbon back where it belongs - the potential of carbon sequestration in the soil Building a digital ecosystem for the planet Growing popularity of alternate food systems for environment and health Seagrasses, the forgotten ecosystems
Challenges for the growth of the electric vehicle market Chinese | Spanish Unveiling plastic pollution in oceans Blockchain technology and environmental sustainability Chinese | Spanish Food loss and waste in the Sustainable Development Goals’ nexus
The need to eliminate lead paint globally Desert locusts’ upsurges: A harbinger of emerging climate change-induced crises? Arabic Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Challenges Arabic | Chinese | Spanish “Sargassum: Brown tide or golden jewel?”
Working with plants, soils, and water to cool the climate Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish People's livelihood and cities - building back greener The growing footprint of digitalisation Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish The shrinking Arctic Sea Ice
Plastics in agriculture – an environmental challenge Charcoal as a global commodity: is it sustainable?
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