Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Modern food systems face unprecedented challenges that require transformative policy responses beyond conventional forecasting. We argue that scenario building and science fiction narratives can serve as tools for policy innovation, helping stakeholders to consider complexity, weigh trade-offs, and shape more adaptive strategies. By synthesizing insights from foresight studies, participatory scenario exercises, and narrative approaches, this perspective suggests that creative future visions can support new policy pathways toward sustainable food systems. These methods offer co-created visions of possible futures encompassing climate, diets, technologies, and governance systems.
Authors: Yewang Zhou, Amar Razzaq
Institution: Huanggang Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Zero hunger
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,353
OpenAlex ID: W4416729253