*** Apologies for cross-posting*** European Environment Agency invites submissions of evidence on long-term global trends to support forthcoming assessments
Understanding the state of Europe's environment and its future prospects is impossible without an appreciation of the situation and trends outside the continent. Many environmental issues are inherently transboundary and are influenced by numerous other international forces, including social, technological, economic and political interaction. At the same time, many global socio-economic drivers operate over decades, necessitating a long-term perspective. For these reasons, forthcoming EEA assessments, including the next European State of the Environment and Outlook Report (SOER), to be released at the close of 2010, will address long-term global interlinkages. One section of SOER 2010 will comprise an exploratory assessment of long-term global mega-trends, driving forces and uncertainties that will shape Europe's environment and policies over coming decades. To support this novel assessment, EEA invites interested scientific and research communities and organisations, NGOs and the private sector to submit evidence on: - key long-term global mega-trends; - their drivers, certainties and uncertainties; - how these mega-trends might interact; and - what environmental consequences they might imply for Europe. The call for evidence is available at: http://soer2010.ew.eea.europa.eu/consultation/call-evidence Submissions of evidence can be made on that website. Any information used in the SOER or other EEA assessments will be referenced appropriately. Please note, however, that the submission of evidence is voluntary, not subject to any compensation and for the exclusive purpose of informing EEA analysis. Dr. Axel Volkery Strategic Futures European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6, DK - 1050 Copenhagen K Tel.: 0045 - 3336 7147, Fax: 0045 - 3336 7293 http://www.eea.europa.eu
