 
				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 |