Competence Centre on Foresight

Demand for water, food, energy, land and minerals is rising substantially, making natural resources increasingly scarce and more expensive.

Smart-city developments should prioritise on healthy lifestyle of increasingly independent citizens. Policies to promote the spread of smart cities are needed to support the implementation of modern technologies...

E3ME - energy-environment-economy is a macroeconometric model for Europe, widely used for policy assessment, forecasting and research purposes Co-extinction - simulated scenrios assessing co-extinction potential...

EU Sustainable Development Goals - European Commission portal EC Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre, (BKC) Critical Raw Materials portal EU Methodology for Critical...

Research for less polluting, abundant and more efficient alternative materials should be encouraged.

Virtual water and other natural resources consumption, as well as pollution impacts should be factored into the price of products (most of all imported products, which should...