by kultur.work | Sep 11, 2017 | News and Comment
Development cooperation isnāt only a matter between national governments anymore, a recent article by Stefano Marta and Aziza Akhmouch from the OECD finds – collaboration proves to be rather successful between local and regional authorities in different...
by kultur.work | Jul 12, 2017 | News and Comment
The Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales has recently celebrated its first anniversary. This newsletter edition is dedicated to this important milestone.
by kultur.work | Jul 7, 2017 | News and Comment
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, reflects on her first year in office. The United Nations has said, āWhat Wales is doing today, we hope the world will do tomorrow ā action more than words is the hope for our future generationsā. Listening and...
by kultur.work | Jul 7, 2017 | News and Comment
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales was established just over a year ago. We talked to Anne Meikle, Head of WWF Cymru, to reflect on this novel institution. What role did WWF Cymru play in establishing the commissioner? WWF and other members of the...
by kultur.work | Jun 25, 2017 | Blog, News and Comment
Widespread public participation is important not only for working out the best ideas to tackle complex problems or effectively implement change, but also to create agreement for major transitions in society or the economy. Simon Roberts, CEO of theĀ Centre for...
by kultur.work | May 29, 2017 | News and Comment
A new global study published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has found that the number of lawsuits involving climate change has tripled since 2014, with most of climate change litigation cases being...
by kultur.work | May 8, 2017 | News and Comment
The last week of April, FDSD Trustee and Director of the School of International Futures, Cat Tully, was invited to guest edit openDemocracy on the theme āParticipation and foresight ā putting people at the heart of the futureā. Twenty contributors from across...
by kultur.work | May 5, 2017 | News and Comment
On April 11th, FDSD, in collaboration with the theĀ Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) and the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), organised an event to discuss the potential to establish a UK-wide Commissioner for Future Generations. We...
by kultur.work | Mar 14, 2017 | News and Comment
+++ The video of the event is available here. +++ FDSD, in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Democracy and the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity is organising an event on Tuesday 11th April to explore the potential to establish a...
by kultur.work | Feb 17, 2017 | News and Comment
Water is arguably our most essential resource, but its availability and quality is increasingly at risk, with the related danger of international conflict. This newsletter explores how water can become an āenabler and connectorā between sustainability goals, and how...
by kultur.work | Feb 2, 2017 | News and Comment
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has launched the first in a series of bulletins on intergenerational fairness. Focussing on the risks to financial stability posed by climate change, it seeks to raise risk awareness among decision makers of not...
by kultur.work | Dec 22, 2016 | News and Comment
A new edition of Prosperity Without Growth ā the landmark work by Professor Tim Jackson ā was launched on 19 December at the University of Surrey, at an event which also celebrated his appointment as 2016 Hillary Laureate. The publication of Prosperity without Growth...
by kultur.work | Oct 28, 2016 | News and Comment
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by kultur.work | Oct 27, 2016 | News and Comment
From May 2008 to August 2012 Dr. SaĢndor FuĢloĢp was the first Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations in Hungary. He is president of the Hungarian Environmental Management and Law Association (EMLA), works on public interest environmental cases as a private...
by kultur.work | Oct 27, 2016 | News and Comment
Peter Davies has a wide range of roles working in support of communities, citizens and consumers. These include chairing the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, Welsh Waterās Customer Challenge Group and the Size of Wales charity, Director of Pembrokeshire Community...
by kultur.work | Oct 5, 2016 | News and Comment
The acute storms in the UK during the winter of 2013/14 and 2015/16 have revealed a problem that is now understood to be chronic: with climate change materialising more forcefully, severe flooding will become part of life for many communities across the UK....
by kultur.work | Sep 20, 2016 | News and Comment
āIt’s the economy, stupidā! Governments rise and fall on the back of economic success or failure. For the public, the economy is consistently ranked among the top three issues of concern. Yet, few people feel literate enough to understand economic policy, to...
by kultur.work | Aug 30, 2016 | News and Comment
On 25 September 2016, the Swiss electorate will vote on the popular initiative:Ā āFor a sustainable and resource-efficient economy (Green Economy)ā. The successful adoption of the initiative will oblige the confederation, cantons and communes to ensure that the Swiss...
by kultur.work | Aug 10, 2016 | News and Comment
āBrexit means Brexit,ā said Theresa May in one of her first public statements as Prime Minister. But what does that mean ā for agriculture, fisheries, the environment and climate change in the UK? These were the leading questions in a recent study by Dr Charlotte...
by kultur.work | Jul 26, 2016 | News and Comment
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