2008 State of the Future

Nine of the eleven annual State of the Future reports were selected by Future Survey as among the year’s best books on the future.
This “Report Card on the Future” distills the collective intelligence of over 2,500 leading scientists, futurists, scholars, and policy advisors who work for governments, corporations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and international organizations. The 2008 State of the Future comes in two parts: a 100-page print executive summary and an attached CD containing about 6,000 pages of research behind the print edition and the Millennium Project’s 12 years of cumulative research and methods. Some unique features not available in other global assessments include:
15 Global Challenges – Prospects, Strategies, Insights
State of the Future Index for the world and nations
Government Future Strategy Units and some potentials for international strategic coordination
Global Energy Collective Intelligence – system design options
Environmental Security – overview
Real-Time Delphi technique
700 Annotated Scenario Sets
and much more futures intelligence on technology, environment, governance, and the human condition
It is produced by the Millennium Project, which collects, feeds back, and assesses insights from creative and knowledgeable people on emerging crises, opportunities, strategic priorities, and the feasibility of actions. /.../