FUTURES Volume 46 February 2013 Ambivalence, irony, and democracy in the Anthropocene Rasmus Karlsson The renewable energies technology surge: A new techno-economic paradigm in the making? John A. Mathews A review of scenario planning Muhammad Amer, Tugrul U. Daim and Antonie Jetter The maturation of biodiversity as a global social-ecological issue and implications for future biodiversity science and policy Rosemary Hill, Eyal Halamish, lain J. Gordon and Megan Clark Diagnosing and anticipating social issue maturation: Introducing a new diagnostic framework Stephen McGrail, Eyal Halamish, Katherine Teh-White and Megan Clark end Amsterdam « Boston « London « ei New York * Oxford + Paris » Philadelphia « ISSN 0016-3287 ELSEV San Diego « St. Louis 46 1-62 (2013)