This sixth edition of the annual AC-UNU Millennium Project's State of the Future report continues its tradition of providing an essential foundation of information and ideas for all those working to predict and improve the human condition of the future. Its structure is unchanged, this year comprising a 100-page print version, containing executive summaries, and a 2,000-page CD-ROM, with complete analyses and background material. This year's work was directly supported by 340 scholars around the world, building on previous efforts over the years by 900 others. The previously identified 15 Global Challenges were re-examined, and new treatments prepared covering the year's developments. Four additional chapters discuss long-range global goals for 2050, counter-terrorism strategies, implications of future science and technology issues, and military requirements related to environmental security in 2010-2025. The State of the Future Index (a measure of the short term prospects for the course of the human condition) was updated, and 50 scenarios were added to the existing collection of around 450. The CD-ROM also contains the complete texts of a number of valuable previous Project works.

The State of the Future reports have become indispensable companions to scholars and policy makers throughout the world - the 2002 edition admirably fits that role.