World Outlooks is a forward-looking website for busy managers, planners and analysts, covering ‘STEEP’ issues: society, technology, economy, environment and politics.
It scans a wide range of outlooks with a future time horizon of at least three years.
1. Latest outlooks
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Online Climate Scenario Narrative Tool
Tool to generate long-term outlooks using seven scenarios for three types of institution, 13 sectors, nine underwriting classes and 11 countries/ regions.
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Quantitative Climate Scenario Analysis: Case Studies
Nine case studies quantifying financial impacts using various climate scenarios.
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Seismic shifts: The reordering of global power
Potential trajectories of the global international order using four scenarios. Link to publication Contents Scenario drivers Scenarios
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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2026
Four medium-term and six short-term trends across three themes.
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Africa 2043
Outlook to 2043 for 54 countries using two main scenarios, eight sector scenarios and 19 reporting themes.
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Future of health 2025
Identification of seven levers of high-performing healthcare systems across five clusters of countries.
Latest outlooks for Society, Technology, Economy, Environment and Technology
2. Latest analysis
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Commonly used megatrends
Long term, high impact trends commonly used in outlooks.
3. The future of…
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Batteries
Alternative materials, solid state, energy density, fire risk, cycle life, charging speed, recycling.
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Tyres
Airless, reprints, biomimetics, new compounds, new sensors, 3D sipes.
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Surgery
Augmented/virtual/mixed reality, robotics, AI, minimal invasion, 3D printing, simulations, remote surgery, global training.
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Shoes
Circularity, bio-based materials, powered footware, personalisation, 3D printing, spray-on uppers, smart/super shoes, virtual fitting.
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Office design
Activity-based and collaboration spaces, tech-enabled meeting rooms, booking systems, hot desking, cost savings, dysphoria, wellbeing.
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Mangroves
IUCN Red List, drone seeding, “halt loss, restore half, double protection”.