SAMI continually monitors emerging events and tracks them against our standard set of 6 major drivers of change. Many events simply reinforce or confirm our previous view, but some may…
Category: Futures
Nature Conservation - some foresight considerations
The natural world is afflicted by a wide range of pressures, mostly man-made, from climate change to poaching. Encroachment on wild spaces by human developments has many impacts and finding…
What does the future hold for Europe?
This blog looks at the issues Europe faces in a changing world. Primarily the focus is on the European Union, whose 27 member states encompass the main body of Europe,…
Always Look on the Bright Side
With all the daily news of problems and issues, it’s easy to lose sight of the longer, more progressive trends that continue to drive change. How have things changed over…
Crosses, spaces and morphology: some ways of thinking about the future
No simple view of the future is perfect. This is what guides our use of scenarios. The simplest solution – a forecast – simply projects forwards from assumptions to a…