The Foresight Briefs provide guidance and inspiration for policy and action, by exploring a range of plausible, alternative futures and their implications. They help to identify emerging environmental issues and trends that need to be monitored and assessed for early warning. The public at large, and decision-makers at all levels, are provided with the opportunity to learn about what is happening to their changing environment and the consequences of everyday choices and to think about future directions for policy which they can influence through their policy processes. There is a growing need to keep information brief, visual and relevant for policymakers while describing the implications of environmental change in terms of human impacts. Foresight Briefs incorporate systems thinking analysis with a focus on environmental change, emerging issues, and futures.
Recently launched in October 2024, the Institutional Capacity Needs Assessment towards Strengthening Sustainable Oceans Governance in Ghana focuses on the institutional capacities and environmental policy and legal frameworks related to ocean governance, with a particular focus on environmental data management, environmental management in coastal and marine areas and addressing marine and coastal pollution, including from Ghana’s offshore oil sector. Read more
