Round 3 of The 1996 Global Look-Out
Study
Round 3
- Cover Letter: Invitation to
Participate!
- Instructions: Rating scales for policy
effectiveness, and policy practicality. Also, what agency or group should
lead the action?
- Round 3 Issues:
- Issue 1:
World population is at its peak and growing
- Issue 2:
Fresh water is becoming scarce in localized areas of the world
- Issue 3:
The gap in living standards between the rich and poor
promises to become more extreme and divisive
- Issue 4:
The threat of new and re-emerging diseases and immune
Micro-organisms
- Issue 5:
Diminishing capacity to decide (as issues become more
global and complex under conditions of increasing uncertainty and risk)
- Issue 6:
Terrorism is growing in intensity, scale, and threat
- Issue 7:
Adverse interactions between the growth of population and
economic growth with environmental quality and natural resources
- Issue 8:
The changing status of women
- Issue 9:
Increasing severity of religious, ethnic, and racial conflicts
- Issue 10: Information Technology's
Promise and Perils
- Issue 11:
Organized crime groups becoming sophisticated global enterprises
- Issue 12: Consequences of economic growth
- Issue 13: Aging of nuclear power plants
around the world
- Issue 14: The HIV epidemic will continue
to spread
- Issue 15: Changing work, unemployment,
leisure, and underemployment
The 1996 Global Look-Out Study includes four Rounds. Round 1 and Round 2
are completed. If you are interested in learning more about the research
leading up to Round 3 of the Global Look-Out Study, please visit
Round 1 and Round 2
on the Millennium Project web site.
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