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Projecting Future Climate Change, with Steve Schneider

In this tour, Stephen Schneider introduces us to the factors that affect future climate change, how scientists make projections, and what we can do to prevent the worst impacts.

Last Updated on Friday, 09 November 2012 14:43

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Daniel Burrus - Seeing Invisible Solutions to Impossible Problems

He is convinced - technological, social and business forces are converging to create enormous untapped opportunities. In 1983, Daniel Burrus was the first and only futurist to accurately identify the 20 technologies that would become the driving forces of business and economic change. He has continued to hold a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record for predicting the future of technological change and its impact on the business world.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 December 2012 08:36

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Daniel Burrus - Using Flash Foresight To Drive Innovation and Growth

What if you could have the foresight to see invisible opportunities before anyone else including your competition? What if you could skip your biggest problems and more forward quickly? What if you were certain enough about the future to re-invent and re-position your business now, before it's too late?

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 December 2012 08:36

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The Future of Africa's Urban Cities

In the next 15 years more than half of the worlds economic growth will take place in developing economies with the informal sector playing a significant role in the success of this. ABN's Keisha Gitari met with Robert Neuwirth to find out how best to harness the potential of the informal sector to further boost urbanisation across the continent.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 January 2013 08:01

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A warning from the future?

The Minister for Future Generations, Septima Tulisa, steps back in time from the year 2050 to give a stark warning about how the world might end up if we don’t start building long-termism into all our decisions.

Last Updated on Friday, 09 November 2012 14:43

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Climate Change and Transport - A Future Scenario

Climate Change and Transport - A Future Scenario

Last Updated on Friday, 09 November 2012 14:43

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Megacities on the Move audio slideshow

In this audio slideshow Ivana Gazibara, one of our futures experts, takes us on a tour through some of the challenges and innovations that helped inspire the work in our Megacities on the Move project.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 January 2013 08:01

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Innovation Keynote - Spark Innovation, Discover Ideas

Innovation keynote speaker Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation expert, futurist, trends expert, founder of TrendHunter.com. In this innovation keynote speech, Jeremy is speaking for 3,000 Meetings Professional International members sampling his: strategy, marketing and innovation keynote speech, Exploiting Chaos.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 December 2012 08:38

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Projecting Future Climate (Climate Insights: bite size)

This video explores three development paths or scenarios commonly used by the climate scientists to enhance understanding of potential future climate changes. Future precipitation and temperature projections vary in response to the emission pathway that humanity follows.

Last Updated on Friday, 09 November 2012 14:43

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Patrick Awuah: "Fostering Innovation as the Key to Lasting Change in Africa"

After a successful career at Microsoft, Patrick looked back to his native Ghana and decided that the ills of the country could only by solved by educating the next generation of business and government leaders, providing them with training in critical thinking and ethics that the current generation lacked.

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