Fire scenarier for fremtidens samfund og miljø

Summary and conclusions

This report describes four scenarios for the danish society and the danish environment towards 2020.

The four scenarios have been created on the basis of deskresearch and interviews with leading stakeholders in the danish environmental debate.

The four scenarios are summarized in the following table:

Scenarie 1

Scenarie 2

Scenarie 3

Scenarie 4

Title

"Through fire and water"

"Deus ex machina"

"Play it again"

"One for all"

Scenario
-space

Strong sustainability and top-down

Weak sustainability and top-down

Weak sustainability and bottom-up

Strong sustainability and bottom-up

Status

The world approaching disaster

A world of technology

The world is a stage

The world in harmony with nature

Demands

Do
something!

Invent
something!

Tell me something!

Change something!

Solutions

Action (coordination and guidance)

Technological innovation (salvation lies in technology)

Interpretation (to convince people)

Change the world – starting with one-self