Source: DGUV / Atelier Hauer+Dörfler
The trend portal in the Risk Observatory contains descriptions of 39 trends. They correspond to the top trends from current surveys by the Risk Observatory:
| A |
| Alternative fuels (in progress) |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) |
| B |
| Big data |
| C |
| Changing world order and international relations (in progress) |
| Climate change |
| Cloud computing (in progress) |
| Cybercrime |
| D |
| Demographic change |
| Digital models for visualization (e.g. simulations, digital twins, 3D models) (in progress) |
| Driver assistance systems (in progress) |
| E |
| Energy efficiency |
| Expansion of renewable energies |
| Expansion of the communications network (5G, 6G) (in progress) |
| G |
| Globale migration (in progress) |
| I |
| Insecurity of supply (in progress) |
| L |
| Lightweight construction (in progress) |
| Logistics and delivery services (in progress) |
| M |
| Modernization, renovation, maintenance and refurbishment backlogs |
| Modified or innovative means of transport, including autonomous transport (in progress) |
| Monopolization (in progress) |
| N |
| National self-interest and protectionism in Europe (in progress) |
| Natural disasters and extreme weather phenomena |
| Networked mobility (in progress) |
| New battery types (rechargeable and non-rechargeable) (in progress) |
| New office concepts (in progress) |
| New pharmaceuticals, vaccines and therapies |
| P |
| Physical inactivity |
| Platform economy (in progress) |
| S |
| Self-optimization (in progress) |
| Sensors and (ultra-sensitive) detectors (in progress) |
| Shortage of labour and skilled workers |
| Sustainability (in progress) |
| Sustainable mobility |