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This blog is the fourth in the SIP blog series, a set of blogs shared among the partners of the Sustainable Innovation Pathways project. This cross-border, collaborative effort brings together foresight, financial forecasting and technology readiness levels to understand where companies, industries, and countries can best decarbonise. In the first blogs in this series, we made the case that decarbonisation has firmly entered the realpolitik sphere, surviving not because it is

This blog is the third in the SIP blog series, a set of blogs shared among the partners of the Sustainable Innovation Pathways project. This cross-border, collaborative effort brings together foresight, financial forecasting and technology readiness levels to understand where companies, industries, and countries can best decarbonise. In the first two blogs, we argued that net zero has been absorbed into realpolitik and defence strategy. Climate action survives because it now

Baroness Hallett has recently published two reports ( Vol 1 and Vol 2 ) on emergency decision-making across the four UK governments during the Covid-19 pandemic. This follows on from Module 1 which we reported on in two previous posts ( UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1 and UK Covid-19 Inquiry – Report on Module 1 ). Her report highlights the need for multiple scenario planning: which should be up-to-date and adaptable. In this blog, we describe the reports outcomes

This blog is the second in the SIP blog series, a set of blogs shared among the partners of the Sustainable Innovation Pathways project. This cross-border, collaborative effort brings together foresight, financial forecasting and technology readiness levels to understand where companies, industries, and countries can best decarbonise. In the first blog in this series about our Sustainable Innovation Pathways (SIP) initiative, we argued that net zero has moved from being an e

This blog is the first in the SIP blog series, a set of blogs shared among the partners of the Sustainable Innovation Pathways project. This cross-border, collaborative effort brings together foresight, financial forecasting and technology readiness levels to understand where companies, industries, and countries can best decarbonise. It has become fashionable to say that climate has “slipped down the agenda”. The headlines are about war in Europe and the Middle East, defence

We recently reviewed the ESPAS (European Strategy and Policy Analysis System) Horizon Scanning report, Issue 7 f rom March this year. Issue 8 from July adopts the same approach of looking at 14 or 15 signals of change and focussing on three of them to describe in detail using Futures Wheels: Military-grade society Digital tech giants become state actors Green hype bust.   Military grade society  means advanced security protecting Critical National Infrastructure from both at

We recently reviewed the EC Strategic Foresight Report , entitled Resilience 2.0, but ESPAS (the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System) also produces frequent Horizon Scanning reports. Their most recent reports from 2025 (Issues 7 and 8 – earlier Issues do not appear to be easily accessible) identify 14 or 15 signals of change. In each they have focussed on describing the details of three of them. They seem to have deliberately looked for “weak signals”, some very unce

What happens to climate action when the political weather turns populist: more inward-looking, more suspicious of experts, more focused on growth and national pride than on multilateral promises? That’s no longer an abstract question. Across the West, parties and leaders with nativist or “majoritarian” instincts are either in office or within reach of it. Meanwhile, China is doubling down on renewables and exporting the kit to the rest of the world. If you work in energy, ind

The EXTRA Information Hub is a new initiative of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS).   The World Academy of Arts and...

The Resilience Action Plan , produced by the Cabinet Office, sets out the Government's strategic approach to resilience. The Chancellor...

The EU’s 2025 Strategic Foresight Report focuses on resilience, dealing with the increasing levels of uncertainty in its environment.  It...

The Government Office for Science has produced an updated report on the technology mix needed in key emitting sectors to reach net zero...