Other Studies
Global Trends 2030 – Alternative Worlds
Report prepared by the National Intelligence Council of the United States of America, published in December 2012. For nearly two decades, the National Intelligence Council's Global Trends report has shaped strategic discussion within and outside the US government. The report reflects on factors such as globalisation, demographics and the environment, constituting a forward-looking document to support policy-makers in long-term planning. Since the first report was released in 1997, the number of readers has expanded, reaching an increasingly wider audience. A new report is published every four years after the US presidential election, so the next one should be presented very soon.
Global trends shaping 2016 and the future
Report by EY Consultants, published in May 2016. After analysing the interaction between three drivers - technology, globalisation and demographics - EY has identified eight global megatrends that are shaping the future. These are heavily transformative trends that define the present and shape the future, due to their impact on companies, economies, industry, society and individual lives.
Global Trends to 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe
The report "ESPAS Global Trends for 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe" is a contribution to support policy-makers as they navigate the world until 2030. Failing to provide a linear and predetermined path - from starting point to arrival point, it extrapolates insights from current global trends; explores some of the key uncertainties that will shape Europe's future; and anticipates some of the choices and decisions that we may face in the next decade. Without intending to be comprehensive, this paper seeks to gather some evidence available on what we may well call a European reality-check.
KPMG: What are global megatrends?
Report by KPMG Consultants, published in November 2013 The paper identifies the nine global megatrends with the most relevance to the future of governments. Although highly interlinked, the global megatrends identified can be grouped into trends that reflect changes in the status and expectations of individuals, changes in the global economy and changes in the physical environment.
z-punkt megatrend update
A study by German consultant z-Punkt, published in 2014, on the global drivers of change that shape the future. Megatrends are comprehensive and long-term change processes, highly influential factors that will shape the markets of the future. They differ from other trends because of their longer time frames, wider reach and more intensive impacts. As steady drivers of change, megatrends are often the starting point for strategic foresight and forward-thinking processes.