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World population is growing; food, water, education, housing, medical care
must grow apace
2.
Fresh water is becoming scarce in localized areas of the world
3.
The gap in living standards between the rich and poor promises to become
more extreme and divisive
4.
The threat of new and re-emerging diseases and immune micro-organisms is
growing
5.
Diminishing capacity to decide (as issues become more global and complex
underconditions of increasing uncertainty and risk)
6.
Terrorism is increasingly destructive, proliferating, and difficult to
prevent
7.
Adverse interactions between the growth of population & economic growth
withenvironmental quality& natural resources
8.
The Status of Women is Changing
9.
Increasing severity of religious, ethnic, and racial conflicts
10.Information
technology's promise and perils
11.
Organized crime groups becoming sophisticated global enterprises
12.
Economic growth brings both promising and threatening consequences
13.
Nuclear power plants around the world are aging
14.
The HIV epidemic will continue to spread
15.
Work, unemployment, leisure, and underemployment is changing
1.
Achieving sustainable development
2.
Increasing acceptance of long-term perspectives in policy making
3.
Expanding potential for scientific and technological breakthroughs
4.
Transforming authoritarian regimes to democracies
5.
Encouraging diversity and shared ethical values
6.
Reducing the rate of population growth
7.
Emerging strategies for world peace and security
8.
Developing alternative sources of energy
9.
Globalizing the convergence of information and communications technologies
10.
Increasing advances in biotechnology
11.
Encouraging economic development through ethical market economy
12.
Increasing economic autonomy of women and other groups
13.
Promoting the inquiry into new and sometimes counter intuitive ideas
14.
Pursuing promising space projects
15.
Improving institutions