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A mix of Signals of change submitted by users around the world and longer-form Insights - explorations of the emerging systemic change we are seeing, from futurists, academics, business leaders, sustainability experts, that help with sensemaking - literally: making sense of the world.
A signal of change is like a seed of a possible future. It can be any development, idea or innovation that points to a future possibility different to today’s norm. We are especially interested in signals that point to the possibility of significant systemic change, or those that illuminate an unexpected aspect of an ongoing change. Not all signals do end up coming to fruition, because the future is inherently uncertain. Signals help us to think in terms of multiple possible futures, to think more widely and creatively about the future and to anticipate unintended consequences.
Amid all the hype around the 15-minute-city of sustainable, walkable neighbourhoods, the pandemic has accelerated another kind of 15-minute-city, where everything can be delivered almost instantly to your door. This…
Fifteen months into the pandemic, we’ve all got a rough sense of the human toll in terms of number of cases and deaths – in the UK and the world….
What is the future of how we govern and organise? Read the first part in a short series exploring governance as the place of untapped potential that can enable transformation today and into the future.
Microplastics are currently considered impossible to remove from oceans and aquatic environments. However new research could point to an emerging solution. Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have found a…
Epicurious, a popular food media and recipe site, will no longer publish new content featuring beef due to concerns about beef’s large carbon footprint and impact on the climate. The…
As part of zero-carbon plans, hydrogen passenger trains will start running on a regional line between Buxtehude, outside Hamburg, and the beach town of Cuxhaven.
Influential analyst firm Wood McKenzie has published a scenario that would see oil prices plummet over the coming years. The Accelerated Energy Transition Scenario – AET-2 – explores how “progressive…
The price of CO2 is rising fast – topping $54 a ton in Europes’ emissions trading scheme this month, almost double the price at the start of the year. Andurand…
The Arctic Ice Project have ideated a new and “innovative” way to reduce the reflexivity of the sunlight from ice (also known as albedo effect) in the Arctic by spraying…
The world around us is changing everyday in a blizzard of transient news headlines. But what are the deeper patterns and signals in the noise? What might they mean for how we live, create, consume, collaborate, and work? How are the deeper systems that we rely on shifting? Where might be the best places to intervene to accelerate change for sustainability?
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The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting our fundamental assumptions and values and the way we think about the world. The most profound changes come from shifts at these levels. They allow the shifting…
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