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Author: Future Agenda | https://www.futureagenda.org
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Our foresight programmes generate insights and views of the future, that can be used to provoke discussion, response, thought and innovation.
We take more care of our smartphones than we do of ourselves. Many corporations adopt new technology to help workers manage stress and remain both physically and mentally fit and productive.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/smart-mindfulness/
Increased automation allows us to produce more with less, decoupling the link between wages and productivity. Many national policies have to address an increasingly under employed workforce.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/less-is-not-more/
Until very recently, the idea of a basic income, a minimum sum paid to all people regardless of their work status, was right of the fringe of political discourse. But it has been moving rapidly towards the mainstream.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/living-wage/
The explanation that seems best to fit present state of work is that it has been through a “perfect storm” of a globalised workforce, the deskilling of routine work and the shift of these workers into manual or service work.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/perfect-storm/
We are on the cusp of a transition to a world where, half of the populations of Europe and the United States subscribe to post-modern values of autonomy and diversity. The workplace will not escape this trend.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/post-modern-workplaces/
Companies out-perform through a combination of better wages, investment in training, and appropriate technological investment to support staff… High value work benefits individuals, businesses, as well as society as a whole.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/good-jobs/
Continuing uncertainty around water supply will require smart, flexible water management systems to cope with drought and flood, the effects of climate change and the demands of new industries and shifting populations.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/flexi-water/
Growing recognition of the economic value of ecosystem services leads to core business considerations which recognise their explicit value. Natural capital/assets will become more commonplace in accounting systems.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/valuing-eco-system-services/
Technological and process developments make the production of high quality water from storm-water and wastewater feasible and practical; driving public, political and commercial acceptance of recycled water.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/water-resistance/
Wealthy nations with water security challenges lead in the development of collaborative, long-term governance models that move away from supply-oriented governance to demand management and polluter responsibility.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/the-long-water/
We know that there is a growing urban population; climate change is taking effect and that the volatility in water supply can only be partially mitigated by improved efficiency. We have yet to decide how to address the problem.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/taking-hard-decisions/
Water treatment can come at a high price. Around USD50 trillion will be needed worldwide in the period to 2030 to satisfy the global demand for infrastructure. However, accessing funding is an ever-present challenge.
Permalink: https://www.futureagenda.org/insights/the-funding-challenge/
