N2 Resources, Food & Water
by main topic: 141
Issues 27
Macroeconomy & Finance 3
- IssueFood and water security under consumption and climate pressure3 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRisk: slow repair of Gulf energy facilities keeps oil supply tight through 20270 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWatch point: swings in resource value, including from manipulation, move power unpredictably1 trends · 0 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 9
- IssueA UK circular economy easing pressure on primary supply1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAgenda 4: Strengthening full-cycle R&D innovation to secure rare minerals2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAgriculture 5.0 as a human-centred successor to data-optimised farming1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDepletion of finite minerals, metals and fossil fuels1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueEnvironmental and resource security through the circular economy0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorean vulnerability: Critical-mineral dependence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMeeting the 2030 strategic autonomy benchmarks for critical raw materials and net-zero manufacturing2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueProducts sold as natural, clean or plant-based can themselves be ultra-processed1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUntreatable livestock diseases hitting farming and aquaculture1 trends · 0 signals
Trade & Economic Security 3
- IssueAccelerating weaponisation of environmental resources under climate change1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScarce battery metals fuelling conflict and corruption in producer countries1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe Netherlands' large resource footprint in the Global South1 trends · 1 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 3
- IssueDeepening food security crisis under climate change0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMore ticks and AMR raising livestock mortality1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRepeated harvest failures from drought and pathogens1 trends · 0 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 2
- IssueReading the living fraction of soil at scale1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSonic Sweep1 trends · 0 signals
Geopolitics & Security 2
- IssueMaterial demand may feed local conflict where mining meets farming and cities1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMineral shortages stalling net zero and escalating tensions1 trends · 0 signals
Democracy & Governance 1
- IssueBetter Water Meter1 trends · 0 signals
Tech·Digital Policy 1
Demographics & Migration 1
- IssueWater demand rises exponentially while supply turns volatile4 trends · 1 signals
Welfare & Health 1
- IssueCarbon for Water1 trends · 0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 1
- IssueCrop diversification and genetically engineered varieties for resilience1 trends · 0 signals
Trends 25
Macroeconomy & Finance 2
Industry & Supply Chains 5
- TrendFunctional foods are adopted as a pre-emptive tool for extending healthspan2 signals
- TrendGlobal agricultural supply failures causing food shortages0 signals
- TrendMegatrend 2: resource scarcity5 signals
- TrendTechnology 5: microbes given transferred genes produce target molecules in fermentation tanks2 signals
- TrendUltra-processed food backlash pushes scrutiny from ingredients to production methods2 signals
Trade & Economic Security 5
- TrendBiomining: using microorganisms to recover critical minerals2 signals
- TrendClimate and trade intensifying plant pest outbreaks9 signals
- TrendFossil-free ammonia and fertilisers through electrolysis, new catalysis and biological fixation0 signals
- TrendRace for scarce resources0 signals
- TrendRising, geographically concentrated demand for critical minerals4 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 5
- TrendClimate change enabling new plant pathogens and invasive species0 signals
- TrendClimate-responsive food production technologies building hybrid food systems1 signals
- TrendHuman disturbance of streamflow and soil moisture keeps spreading2 signals
- TrendLivestock losses in heatwaves hitting farm livelihoods0 signals
- TrendThe water weapon9 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 2
Geopolitics & Security 1
- TrendGlobal resource rush8 signals
Democracy & Governance 1
Welfare & Health 4
- TrendAMR causing animal treatment and crop protection failures0 signals
- TrendDiet is being individualised by biology and widened by unfamiliar raw materials7 signals
- TrendDutch water quality under pressure0 signals
- TrendUK veterinary antimicrobial reductions levelling off0 signals
Signals 89
Macroeconomy & Finance 2
Industry & Supply Chains 28
0-3 years 20
- Signal1.3 billion livelihoods depend on livestock; 40% of agricultural value
- Signal87% of US agriculture businesses used AI in some form in 2021
- SignalAmmonia underpins about 90 percent of European farm output; its production uses 2 percent of primary energy
- SignalClaims move from 'better for you' to named outcomes in energy, sleep, mood, gut, metabolism
- SignalConsumers plan more fresh produce and supplements, less processed food and alcohol
- SignalCritical mineral demand grew strongly in 2024 as clean and advanced technologies spread
- SignalFonterra has invested in Vivici, which claims 87% less water than cattle-derived whey protein
- SignalFruit-waste biopolymers that multiply produce shelf life in pilots
- SignalGLP-1 adoption pushes demand towards smaller portions and higher-protein formats
- SignalGrand Rapids has destroyed landfill PFAS since 2023 and Daikin processed 170,000 gallons in a field trial
- SignalIncredo's CEO says taste, texture, and mouth feel decide whether reformulation survives
- SignalKerry Group's CMO frames the next wave as timing protein intake through the day
- SignalKorea sources most of its rare earth metal imports from China
- SignalNomad Foods cites ice cream as an indulgence occasion that resists sugar reduction
- SignalOver 80% of Pakistani agriculture depends on Indian-controlled headwaters
- SignalRegenerative Organic Certified becomes a verification marker for nutritional quality claims
- SignalSoil pollution said to cost the UK 1.2 billion pounds a year
- SignalUK potato farmers spend 55 million pounds a year on blight
- SignalVirus yellows cut up to 25% of the UK sugar beet yield in 2020
- SignalVitamins, minerals, and supplements were the leading health purchase of the past year
4-10 years 6
- SignalAlternative protein production expected to reach TRL 8 to 9 with unit costs falling 70 to 90 percent
- SignalBamboo Industry Becomes China's Institutionalized Plastic Substitute, Reaching $7.75 Billion in 2025
- SignalClarion-Clipperton nodules hold more critical metals than terrestrial reserves
- SignalCritical Metals Corp Advances to Final Round of Kenya Government Tender for the Mrima Hill Rare Earth and Niobium Project
- SignalEU Plant-Based Coalition Launches €3 Billion Food Innovation Agenda 2026–2035
- SignalResource demand up tenfold in the 20th century and projected to double by 2030
11-30 years 1
Labor & Future of Work 1
Trade & Economic Security 9
- SignalA $666 billion circumpolar economy with 13% of undiscovered oil
- SignalChina supplies all of the EU's imported heavy rare earth elements
- SignalChina's expanding critical mineral export controls culminate in a Chinese FDPR
- SignalFive named mineral holders have explored OPEC style supply management
- SignalGuardian/EIA Investigation Finds UK Plastic Waste Contaminating Turkish Farmland
- SignalIEA: clean energy mineral production may need to rise sixfold between 2020 and 2040
- SignalIndia's Cabinet Approves Rs 84,084 Crore 'Samudra Manthan' National Offshore Exploration Scheme
- SignalMarcos signs Executive Order 122 establishing a unified critical minerals policy framework
- SignalUK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre established
Climate Change & Adaptation 1
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 9
- SignalAbout 69% of UK land used for agriculture
- SignalCrop diversity shrank 75% in the 20th century
- SignalFarm runoff and untreated sewage lead UK river pollution
- SignalGlobal Footprint Network cited: resources used 1.75 times faster than regeneration
- SignalMalawi, Mozambique and Tanzania sign agreement establishing Ruvuma River Basin Commission
- SignalMicroplastics and nanoplastics are defined by size and reported in human blood, lungs and placentas
- SignalOver 200 quarantine pests listed, six established in Great Britain
- SignalPopulation doubled and GDP rose tenfold in fifty years; ecological deficit since 1970
- SignalTwo thirds of assessed marine stocks fished sustainably, with regional outliers far higher
Geopolitics & Security 8
- SignalA $137bn Chinese mega-dam met by a $77bn Indian counter-dam programme
- SignalA Moroccan dam due in 2026 would restrict water to Algerians
- SignalCanada, Vietnam elevate ties to strategic partnership in first-ever visit by party chief
- SignalEthiopia inaugurates the Grand Renaissance Dam without a Nile agreement
- SignalGlobal Food Crisis 2026: 318M in Hunger Crisis; USAID Shuttered
- SignalIndia suspends the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty
- SignalThree fifths of 310 international river basins have no dispute framework
- SignalWater-Related Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa Surge 36% — 76 Cases in 2024
Democracy & Governance 5
- Signal2023 Animal Health and Welfare Pathway funds farm biosecurity
- SignalKorean police order reinvestigation of Young Poong advisor over smelter pollution case
- SignalPlant Biosecurity Strategy for Great Britain 2023 to 2028
- SignalUK Plant Health Risk Register in place since 2013
- SignalUSDA's $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program is read as federal alignment
Tech·Digital Policy 1
Demographics & Migration 3
Welfare & Health 8
- SignalAbout half of consumers report cutting artificial ingredients, ultra-processed food, sugar, and alcohol
- SignalBaltic bladderwrack prepared as food
- SignalFarmed pythons proposed as a sustainable protein
- SignalFungal pathogens threaten key crops with potential yield losses of up to 20 percent
- SignalNorth Carolina reaches $590 million PFAS settlement with DuPont, Chemours
- SignalUK livestock antimicrobial use down 59% since 2014
- SignalWater utility Veolia sues nine companies over Delaware PFAS drinking water contamination
- SignalWorldwide livestock antimicrobial use up an estimated 58% over 2010 to 2020
AI & Computing 2
Bio & Health Tech 3
Energy & Climate Tech 5
- SignalCalifornia Pilot Tests Steam as Alternative to Chemical Soil Fumigation Near Schools
- SignalIEA: clean energy mineral demand to double by 2030 and quadruple by 2040 under net zero
- SignalLand-based mitigation raised freshwater transgression by 94 percent
- SignalLithium supply set to meet only half of 2035 pledge requirements
- SignalWWF cited for fossil fuel consumption doubling every twenty years
Space & Mobility 1
Objects with this as a secondary topic 159
Macroeconomy & Finance 5
- SignalBovine TB costs the UK government 70 million pounds a year
- SignalPFAS waste incineration costs $1,000-5,000 per tonne against about $50 for ordinary waste
- IssueRisk: a prolonged Middle East conflict locks in high energy prices and inflation0 trends · 0 signals
- SignalThe EU and ASEAN have proposed circular economy action plans and frameworks
- IssueToward a 'scarcity economy' by 20504 trends · 0 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 22
0-3 years 12
- Signal2001 foot and mouth outbreak cost the UK over 8 billion pounds
- Signal30% buy apparel secondhand and nearly half do services themselves that they used to pay for
- SignalFinland's circular material use rate has stayed near four per cent for a decade
- IssueKorea: the energy shock as sectoral asymmetry rather than an aggregate terms-of-trade loss1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalMore Retail reports forecast accuracy rising from 24% to 76% with AI
- SignalPatagonia, Levi's, and Another Tomorrow build resale into the brand rather than around it
- SignalPerfect Day, Nestle and EVERY have moved fermentation-derived proteins onto retail shelves
- IssueReal-time health data forces products to stop trading taste against price against function1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalRoughly four in five consumers are buyers or interested in nutrition and personal care
- SignalTesla is named as pursuing vertical integration by acquiring suppliers in clean energy
- SignalVRBO farm-stay listings rose 300% year over year according to Expedia's Unpack 2026
- IssueValue is judged on durability, versatility, and resale, not on price alone1 trends · 2 signals
4-10 years 7
- IssueA new maritime economy, Arctic route readiness and growth hubs in fishing villages1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueCatalytic conversion for retiring aircraft fleets1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea-Mongolia cooperation beyond minerals: rare minerals, new cities, logistics and energy independence0 trends · 0 signals
- TrendMaterials Revolution5 signals
- IssueMining: prices mask declining labour and capital productivity1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSector-specific Korea-EU cooperation in batteries, semiconductors, defence and critical minerals1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendThe importance of circular economy is growing2 signals
11-30 years 1
- IssueBlue economy cooperation in seabed resources, offshore wind and smart ports0 trends · 0 signals
Other 2
- IssueFinally Graphene1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueForever Machines1 trends · 0 signals
Labor & Future of Work 2
Trade & Economic Security 21
0-3 years 10
- SignalBSE led to a ten-year EU ban on British beef
- SignalChina's 2025 retaliation escalates from measured tariffs to rare earth controls
- SignalChina's gallium and germanium export controls and Indonesia's nickel ore export ban
- SignalFirst Korea-Central Asia Summit opens in Seoul, to adopt Seoul Declaration
- SignalKorea imports 95 percent of energy and more than 99 percent of critical minerals
- SignalKorea joined the US-led Minerals Security Partnership and IPEF to manage economic security risks
- SignalMalaysia Weighs Conditional Easing of Rare-Earth Export Moratorium
- SignalNew UK Critical Minerals Strategy due in 2025
- SignalSouth Korea, Argentina Sign Critical Minerals MOU Covering Full Lithium Value Chain
- SignalWashington courts Central Asia on critical minerals and energy to decouple from China
4-10 years 10
- IssueA Korea-Central Asia partnership built around six synergy sectors0 trends · 1 signals
- TrendChina's economic coercion toolkit matures and its retaliation becomes swifter5 signals
- SignalDOE launches $100M PROSPECT workforce initiative as EXIM announces $58M in critical mineral loans
- IssueEconomic security through diversified cooperation, strategic resources and managed security items2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueEuropean fertiliser dependence on imported natural gas weakens strategic autonomy1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRecasting the North from an export market into an economic-security and supply-chain partner1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendResource nationalism rises while major economies race to stabilise critical mineral supply chains6 signals
- IssueSilicon sovereignty is broken into six levers including critical minerals and energy1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendSurging demand for critical raw materials amid geopolitical rivalry1 signals
- IssueUnresolved regulatory questions and benefit sharing with Global South mineral producers1 trends · 0 signals
Other 1
- IssueStricter import controls versus trading partnerships1 trends · 0 signals
Climate Change & Adaptation 10
- IssueAMOC weakening or collapse as a credible risk with monsoon and food impacts1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendAccelerating climate change makes disasters real and tightens global climate regulation5 signals
- IssueClimate tipping points arriving sooner than expected1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalGraphCast predicted a 2023 hurricane landfall nine days ahead, three days earlier than standard models
- IssueGreen urban planning and crop diversification building resilience1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendHotter, drier summers bringing heat illness, drought and wildfire0 signals
- SignalIndian Startup Varaha Wins Award for Delivering Carbon Credit Revenue to Smallholder Farmers
- TrendInsight 20: the same technology that raises emissions is offered as climate infrastructure2 signals
- TrendTrend J: Accelerating climate crisis4 signals
- TrendWetter winters, drier summers and more water extremes in the Netherlands1 signals
Ecosystems & Biodiversity 17
0-3 years 8
- Signal420 million hectares of forest lost since 1990
- SignalBottom trawling disturbs 1 to 2 percent of the seafloor each year
- SignalHumans appropriate 21 to 30 percent of natural plant productivity
- SignalIndia Launches First-Ever National Guide to Grasslands and Open Natural Ecosystems at UNCCD COP17
- TrendIndustrial and fertiliser pollution creating coastal dead zones0 signals
- SignalNearly 90 percent of deforestation followed by farming
- SignalPollinators needed by over 75 percent of food crops; 60 percent of farmland lacks biodiversity
- SignalSpecies extinction running 100-1,000 times the natural rate
4-10 years 6
- TrendBiodiversity decline undermining ecosystems, economy and wellbeing11 signals
- IssueEcological risks of gene-edited trees: gene flow, biodiversity loss and water use1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendEvolving Ecosystems3 signals
- IssueSeabed mining governance splits between pause and unilateral permitting1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendSteep long-term decline of Dutch biodiversity1 signals
- SignalStudy urges land-use planning to include hidden soil biodiversity
11-30 years 2
- TrendBiodiversity is declining2 signals
- TrendTrend K: Ecological and environmental crisis2 signals
Other 1
- IssueRange shifts, invasive species and ocean acidification disrupting food chains1 trends · 0 signals
Geopolitics & Security 12
- IssueA leadership vacuum over global public goods0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueCritical minerals competition heightening geopolitical tension1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDeciding the future of the Korea-Japan continental shelf joint development zone0 trends · 0 signals
- SignalEU forging "hedging alliance" with Indo-Pacific middle powers; Macron's April 2026 Tokyo-Seoul tour
- SignalEgypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan Declare Red Sea Governance a Coastal-States Matter as Ethiopia Pushes Back
- IssueFour drivers of geopolitical tension as policy levers0 trends · 1 signals
- SignalPandemic, war and chip-shortage shocks cascaded across education, poverty, energy, food and industry
- TrendResource competition opening routes for organised crime0 signals
- TrendStory 3: smaller states holding strategic resources gain outsized influence7 signals
- TrendThe Sahel's G-Zero: jihadist expansion into coastal West Africa2 signals
- SignalUkraine Strikes Grain Terminals at Russia's Novorossiysk Port, Killing Three
- SignalUkrainian Drone Strikes Halt Over 90% of Russia's Black Sea Grain Export Capacity
Democracy & Governance 4
- SignalBolivia Deploys Troops to Clear Blockades Over Diesel Price Decree
- SignalDesertification convention of 1994 as a lever for land and water boundaries
- SignalMinnesota Governor Walz Signs Executive Order to Block Copper Mining Near Boundary Waters
- SignalTwo UN water conferences ever, against annual processes for climate
Tech·Digital Policy 6
- IssueFragmented approval rules and unsettled strain ownership sit under the transition1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFunctional food claims outrun the regulatory categories meant to keep messaging evidence-based1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueReliable destruction could weaken the case for restricting PFAS at source1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTech dominance and critical minerals need targeted mitigation2 trends · 0 signals
- SignalThe EU Circular Economy Act enters into force in 2026
- SignalThe EU adopted binding PFAS limits in drinking water in 2020, with the US, Japan and Australia following
Demographics & Migration 3
- IssuePopulation growth translates into food, housing, migration and resource pressure1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalWHO estimate that one in six people will be 60 or older by 2030 underwrites the healthspan framing
- SignalWorld population projected to add 2 billion in thirty years and reach 9.7 billion in 2050
Cities & Housing 3
- TrendDevelopers are designing projects around the land's ecology instead of clearing it first2 signals
- IssueInfrastructure: national strategies lock in access for decades1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLife-In-A-Box1 trends · 0 signals
Welfare & Health 13
- TrendAdvanced Health and Nutrition3 signals
- IssueAgricultural antifungal use and warming spreading fungal infections1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendAntimicrobial resistance as a rapidly growing global threat8 signals
- IssueDense intensive livestock near homes as a zoonotic risk1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueDiet as scalable mental and brain health intervention1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendEmergence and recurrence of animal diseases rising7 signals
- IssueEmerging fungal health and food security risks, including multidrug-resistant strains1 trends · 1 signals
- TrendEnvironmental AMR transmission via untreated wastewater0 signals
- SignalFertiliser cadmium linked to osteoporosis in EU countries
- TrendFoodborne disease a persistent health and economic burden7 signals
- IssueMisuse of antibiotics and low public awareness accelerating resistance1 trends · 1 signals
- SignalNitrogen air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths
- IssueRising meat demand and livestock trade raising pandemic risk1 trends · 0 signals
AI & Computing 7
- IssueAI animal health tools favouring large farms over smallholders1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAI infrastructure shortfalls in power, sites, data and talent could slow Korea's ICT growth1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalBeyond Energy: When Sustainability Dimensions Reshape LLM Serving Decisions
- SignalPasqal and True Nexus encode protein gelation structures on neutral-atom quantum processors
- IssuePolicy task 4: fast-track AI infrastructure and expand the AI workforce1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTechnology: frontier constraints become technology constraints1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe hidden costs of AI: energy, water, minerals and invisible labour1 trends · 0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 9
- IssueAquatic Breakthroughs1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalCRISPR Boosts Potato Resistance to Late Blight Disease / Plant viruses open new routes for gene editing
- TrendCRISPR making biology programmable across agriculture, health and industry4 signals
- IssueClothes that Care1 trends · 0 signals
- TrendFungal biology becoming a strategic frontier for science, health and biosecurity0 signals
- IssueGenetic tools becoming routine across sectors via food acceptance1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalHuman genome sequencing fell from a decade to a single day
- SignalKAUST develops precise large-fragment gene insertion method for crops, published in Nature Biotechnology
- SignalOne in six US households tried GLP-1s by July 2024 and cut grocery spend about 6%
Energy & Climate Tech 15
- IssueAmmonia as a fuel could push nitrogen fixation to new highs1 trends · 0 signals
- SignalChina combines floating solar with sea cucumber aquaculture
- SignalCircular Economy Synergies and Trade-offs in Data Centres
- SignalCritica Cuts Jupiter Acid Consumption by Around 30% in Hydrometallurgical Breakthrough
- TrendEnergy security returns as a top priority alongside carbon neutrality1 signals
- TrendFloating solar panels on reservoirs that also curb evaporation2 signals
- SignalIndia approves GOBARdhan national circular bioenergy scheme
- IssueIntegrated strategy for energy security and carbon neutrality, including critical minerals2 trends · 0 signals
- SignalRenewables share put at over 40% by 2040, up from 25%
- SignalSalton Sea geothermal lithium project received a stated $1.4 billion federal loan in February 2026
- SignalSpain: first grid-connected floating PV pilot (2020), at least 100 eligible reservoirs, 15 percent cap (2024)
- TrendTechnology 2: lithium moves from evaporation ponds to engineered direct extraction2 signals
- SignalUCLA-Ewha Team Converts Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into High-Purity Hydrogen
- SignalUNIDO and CATL sign cooperation framework on circular economy and advanced batteries
- SignalWater-Based Batteries: A Safer Alternative to Lithium-Ion for the Grid? / Is sustainable energy saving our climate? (perovskite solar cells)
Space & Mobility 2
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 3
Values & Lifestyles 5
- Signal82% use items longer, 69% repair rather than discard, 68% actively reduce waste
- SignalIFIC survey finds 52% of Americans actively seek functional health benefits in food
- IssueNot every occasion can be healthified; some resist reformulation1 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePlant-based diets and cultivated meat reducing disease burden1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueResourcefulness acquires social prestige through buy-nothing pledges1 trends · 1 signals