Blog post on EU Policy Lab site presents ESPAS Horizon Scanning project from the test phase to current ongoing practices. It describes the different steps...
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Digital transition: Long-term implication for EU farmers and rural communities Explore how the digital transition can bolster the resilience of agriculture and rural areas amid future...
The UNHCR's yearly Global Trends report concludes that by the end of 2018, a record number of 70.8 million persons were forcibly displaced worldwide – among them...
"Self-healing smartphones, asteroid mining for essential minerals and telepathic brain-to-brain communication enabled by technology" are some examples of the breakthrough innovations presented in the foresight study "100...
EU is developing 8 supercomputers to be operational at mid-2020. They will be hosted at eight centres across the EU. Three of them, precursor to exascale machines...
Earth Overshoot Day is advancing each year; in 2019, it falls on July 29th. Humanity is now using nature 1.75 times as fast as the planet’s ecosystems...
82% of the new wealth created in 2017 went to the wealthiest top 1%, while the poorest 50% of humanity (over 3.6 billion people) got nothing.
82% of the new wealth created in 2017 went to the wealthiest top 1%, while the poorest 50% of humanity (over 3.6 billion people) got nothing.
China and the EU account for about 50% of global trade. Europe is China’s largest trading partner and China is Europe's primary source of imports.
Chinese aims to become world leader in science and innovation by 2050. In 2017, China's R&D spending was about $378.6 billion (PPP), accounting for 21% of total...
In 2018, the share of world GDP (PPP) of the G7 countries decreased to just under 30%, while that of emerging markets and developing economis reached 60%, a trend that is expected...