21 Issues for the 21st Century – Results of the UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues

This analytical report is the outcome of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Foresight Panel and presents a careful and authoritative ranking of the most important emerging issues related to the global environment. The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water-land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally-friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.