Tag Archives: Horizon Scanning

Looking to the Future to Inform Better Policy-Making

Martin Glasspool, Central Team Leader at the UK Government’s Foresight Programme, joined Policy Lunchbox yesterday (6 October) to discuss horizon-scanning and the work of Foresight. During a fascinating presentation Martin introduced us to various futures techniques, such as scenario building … Continue reading

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Looking to the Future for Emerging Threats and Opportunities

Yesterday the BES Policy Officer joined a group of academics, policy advisors, conservationists and professional horizon scanners at a workshop in Cambridge, aiming to identify a suite of issues which are on the horizon for the conservation community. Following on … Continue reading

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