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Provide capacity support to teams and personnel and facilitate the emerging UN Strategic Foresight Community of Practice
UN Futures Lab Network
A decentralized network to improve long-term decision-making
The UN Futures Lab is forming an ecosystem that builds and leverages strategic foresight efforts across the United Nations
About the UN Futures lab network ↗Our workstreams
We work through a three-pronged approach
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Coordinate and consolidate knowledge and learning across networks so that new ways of understanding the future are centralized and easily accessible
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Support decision-makers for planning and action
Get in touch
Contact the UN Futures Lab at [email protected]
Stay connected to the UN Futures Lab Network.
A global network
built on partnerships
The UN Futures Lab is actively engaged with United Nations partners and is beginning to work through United Nations entities at global, regional, and country levels. The UN Futures Lab is connecting with the international community, including academia, civil society, the private sector, philanthropic and other actors, and Governments, for engagement, collaboration, and co-creation.
Where are we now?
Changing how we do business ↗
Early highlights from the UN Futures Lab ↗
Foresight work from across the United Nations system
The UN Futures Lab is only a few months old, but here are some great examples of strategic foresight work from across the United Nations system – with more coming soon.
Development Coordination Office (DCO)+
↗ Cabo Verde: A Foresightship Journey
↗ Cambodia: A Foresightship Journey
↗ North Macedonia: A Foresightship Journey
↗ Egypt: A Foresightship Journey
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)+
↗ Future of the World series
↗ Frontier Technology Issues
↗ World Economic Situation and Prospects
Department of Political and Peacebuilding (DPPA)+
↗ Reimagining Diplomacy: Future of Peacemaking
UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)+
↗ Forest Sector Outlook Study
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)+
↗ Harnessing Geospatial AI for Disaster-related SDGs
↗ Reimagining Asian and Pacific Cities
↗ Social Outlook for Asia and the Pacific 2022
↗ Cities for a Sustainable Future
↗ Enhancing Environmental Action in Asia-Pacific
UN Global Pulse+
↗ Collection of foresight tools and templates
↗ Horizon Scanning in Indonesia
↗ Scenario Exploration System: The Future of Data Governance
↗ FutureCast: a game exploring the pathways of change
↗ Futures for Intergenerational Equity Project
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)+
↗ The Future of Food and Agriculture
↗ Food and Agriculture Projections to 2050
↗ Drivers and Triggers in Food and Agriculture
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)+
↗ Emerging Technology Trends
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)+
↗ Anticipating Scenarios to Prevent Humanitarian Disasters
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)+
↗ Leveraging Civic Imagination
↗ Foresight Practices in the Public Sector in Europe
↗ Signals Spotlight 2023: Illuminating Futures Trends
↗ UNDP Future of Development Series
↗ Imagine Nigeria
↗ Future Forward Plan in Fiji
↗ North Macedonia Dream Labs
↗ Future Skills Center
↗ UNDP Foresight Playbook for Asia and the Pacific
↗ Reimagining Indonesia’s New Capital City
↗ Youth Engagement in Climate Policies
↗ Climate Scenarios for Panama 2050
↗ Foresight in Botswana’s Country Programme Document
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)+
↗ Satellite Imagery and Risk Modeling in Fiji
↗ Anticipating Future Risks in South Sudan
↗ Modeling Systemic Risks in Costa Rica
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)+
↗ Strategic Foresight @UNEP: Homepage
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)+
↗ Humanistic Futures of Learning
↗ ALS: Alternative Learning System
↗ Reimagining Futures Together: Social Contract for Education
↗ Futures for Intergenerational Equity Project
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)+
↗ Four future scenarios for three transformative results
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)+
↗ UNICEF’s Foresight Journey towards a Better Future
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)+
↗ Road-Mapping the Future of International Peace and Security Starts Today
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)+
↗ Co-creating the Future of Manufacturing in Egypt
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)+
↗ Project Unsung
United Nations University – Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)+
↗ Governing Uncertainty
World Food Programme (WFP)+
↗ FamPred: Forecasting Food Crises with HungerMap live
↗ Enhancing Food Impact Monitoring with SoilWatch
↗ Agricultural Market Price Prediction
World Health Organization (WHO)+
↗ WHO Foresight: Monitoring emerging technologies and building futures-thinking
↗ Foresight approaches in global public health: a practical guide for WHO staff
↗ Foresight approaches in global public health: Training course
↗ 2023 emerging technologies and scientific innovations: a global public health perspective
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)+
↗ Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate