Subtitle
Global trends 2030
Volume, number, page
174 p.
Year of Publication
2012
Editor(s)
VASCONCELOS Álvaro de
Organization Name
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Acronym
EUISS
Publisher
EUISS
City
Paris
Country of Publication
France
Full Date
October 2011
ISBN or ISSN
978-92-9198-199-1
Category
Reports
Theme
Technology
Country - European Union
Government
Academic
Civil Society
Cultural
Keyword(s)
Information Society
Civil Society
Society
Globalization
Knowledge-based economy
Sociology of knowledge and science
Sociology
International economy
Information and communication technology
Internet
Svoft Power
Transnational city networks
Networks
Foreign economy
Citizen Security
Geopolitics
Climate Change
Climate change policy
Social affairs
Migration
Demography
Population policy
Poverty
Global Governance
Global health
Global Environment
Gender politics
Citizenship
Cities
Women's issues
Democracy
Democratization
Political Science
Abstract
The report identifies several global trends that will shape the world in 2030. They include: •• The empowerment of the individual, which may contribute to a growing sense of belonging to a single human community; •• Greater stress on sustainable development against a backdrop of greater resource scarcity and persistent poverty, compounded by the consequences of climate change; •• The emergence of a more polycentric world characterised by a shift of power away from states, and growing governance gaps as the mechanisms for inter-state relations fail to respond adequately to global public demands
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