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Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Foresight project which looked at the opportunities and challenges facing UK cities over the next 50 years.
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
Potential ways to adapt to climate change in urban and natural environments, based on the predicted climate in 2030.
Foresight project looking at how science can reduce the impacts of natural disasters.
Materials from the Foresight 'Future of an ageing population' project, which analysed the challenges and opportunities of an ageing society.
Guidance, trends and projects to inform and support government officials to think strategically about the future.
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
Foresight project looking at the important future trends, challenges and opportunities for the UK from the sea.
A report examining future sea level rise scenarios for the UK and their projected impacts on UK infrastructure.
A series of science fiction stories themed on potential technologies and threats that may arise during the next 20 years.
Documents relating to the Changing Futures programme.
The government has announced proposals to modernise the planning system to get Britain building.
Foresight project looking at how changes in the next 10 years will affect views of identity in the UK.
Foresight project looking at the implications of demographic change for the UK government.
The review of the safety of isotretinoin has concluded.
Foresight project exploring the opportunities and implications arising from the future transport system.
Evidence base of long-term trends for UK policy makers, Spring 2021.
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