2022 Strategic Foresight Report
Excerpt from report:
“Against this new geopolitical backdrop, and drawing on a fully-fledged foresight exercise2, the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report presents a forward-looking strategic reflection on the interactions between the green and digital transitions. Both are at the top of the EU’s political agenda and their interplay will have massive consequences for the future. Their success will also be key for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. While they are different in nature and each subject to specific dynamics, their twinning – i.e. their capacity to reinforce each other – deserves closer scrutiny. The green transition will not happen without the targets and policies set out in the European Green Deal, a cross-cutting strategy to reach climate neutrality and reduce environmental degradation by 2050. Until recently, the digital transition progressed with only limited sustainability considerations. To diminish adverse side effects and deliver its full potential for enabling environmental, social and economic sustainability, the digital transition requires appropriate policy framing and governance, as presented in the Digital Compass and Fit for 553.”
| Quick Facts | |
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| Report location: | source |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | European Commission |
| Publication date: | June 1, 2022 |
| Authors: | Not Specified |
| Time horizon: | 2046 - 2050 |
| Geographic focus: | European Union |
| Page count: | 36 |
Methods
- A mix of quantitative and qualitative methods used
Key Insights
Drivers mentioned include:
- Russia's military aggression against Ukraine
- Digital technologies
- The green transition
- Electronic waste and environmental footprint of digital technologies
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions of energy, transport, industry, buildings, and agriculture industries in the EU
- Artificial intelligence
- Blockchain
- Internet of things
- Digital twins
- Quantum computing
- Sensors
- microgrids and self-organised grid
- Space-based services
Additional Viewpoints
Categories: 2022 publication year | 2040s time horizon | 2046 time horizon | 2050 time horizon | 2050s time horizon | English publication language | European Union geographic scope | agriculture | buildings | climate change | digital transition | digital twins | energy | green transport | other geographic scope | regulatory factors