Explore our first SAEGE Horizon Scan

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To anticipate future ethical challenges, policymakers need to understand not only what issues are emerging on the horizon, but also which ones require attention today.

For this first SAEGE Horizon Scan, we have looked at the following issues:

Issue 1: Advances and risks in mirror life research

Advances in synthetic biology suggest that it may be possible to engineer self-replicating organisms with no natural measures of containment, potentially harming human and ecological health.

Issue 2: EU-tech sovereignty and sustainability

Discoursive shifts in political priorities signal efforts in reaching technological sovereignty risk putting environmental goals under strain in the EU.