Results of the UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Environmental Issues

UNEP Foresight Report는 UNEP Foresight 과정을 통해 알아본 21세기의 떠오르는 환경 이슈들을 설명하고 있다.
이 Foresight 과정으로 "21세기를 위한 21가지 이슈들"이라는 이름의 21가지의 떠오르는 환경 이슈들의 목록이 작성되었으며, 식량, 국토, 식수, 해양, 생물의 다양성, 기후 변화, 에너지, 쓰레기, 그리고 기술 등의 국제적인 주요 환경 문제들을 다루고 있다.

떠오르는 환경 이슈들은 다음과 같다.

Emerging Themes 21 Issues for the 21st Century

Issue 001 Aligning Governance to the Challenges of Global Sustainability
Issue 002 Transforming Human Capabilities for the 21st Century: Meeting Global Environmental Challenges
and Moving Towards a Green Economy
Issue 003 Broken Bridges: Reconnecting Science and Policy
Issue 004 Social Tipping Points? Catalyzing Rapid and Transformative Changes in Human Behaviour towards
the Environment
Issue 005 New Concepts for Coping with Creeping Changes and Imminent Thresholds
Issue 006 Coping with Migration Caused by New Aspects of Environmental Change
Food, Biodiversity and Land Issues
Issue 007 New Challenges for Ensuring Food Safety and Food Security for 9 Billion People
Issue 008 Beyond Conservation: Integrating Biodiversity across the Environmental and Economic Agendas
Issue 009 Boosting Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Issue 010 The New Rush for Land: Responding to New National and International Pressures Freshwaters and Marine Issues
Issue 011 New Insights on Water-Land Interactions: Shift in the Management Paradigm?
Issue 012 Shortcutting the Degradation of Inland Waters in Developing Countries
Issue 013 Potential Collapse of Oceanic Systems Requires Integrated Ocean Governance
Issue 014 Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing Increasing Pressures with Adaptive Governance
Climate Change Issues
Issue 015 New Challenges for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation:
Managing the Unintended Consequences
Issue 016 Acting on the Signal of Climate Change in the Changing Frequency of Extreme Events
Issue 017 Managing the Impacts of Glacier Retreat Energy, Technology, and Waste Issues
Issue 018 Accelerating the Implementation of Environmentally-Friendly Renewable Energy Systems
Issue 019 Greater Risk than Necessary? The Need for a New Approach for Minimizing
Risks of Novel Technologies and Chemicals
Issue 020 Changing the Face of Waste: Solving the Impending Scarcity of Strategic Minerals and
Avoiding Electronic Waste
Issue 021 The Environmental Consequences of Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors