by Ann Thorpe | Oct 13, 2014
2015 October Policy Dialogue: “Democracy In a Sustainable Future” (Minnesota, October 13-15, 2015), co-organized by Club de Madrid and Partnership for Change. An international conference in Minneapolis, co-hosted by the University of Minnesota.This Policy Dialogue...
by Andrea Westall | Oct 2, 2014
The South African Constitution gives people, including future generations, the right to sustainable development: “to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that prevent...
by Andrea Westall | Oct 21, 2011
FDSD joined 28 other organisations, including the National Trust and the Town and Country Planning Association, to call for the then Localism Bill (now Localism Act) to be amended to include a definition of sustainable development. “We believe that achieving...
by Andrea Westall | Dec 21, 2010
This report suggests ten governance options for the UK to embed a more future-oriented approach in UK politics, including an Office for Future Generations to an annual Congress of the Future and a new parliamentary chamber. Peter Roderick highlights some of the UK’s...
by Andrea Westall | Oct 21, 2010
FDSD and WWF-UK argued that sustainable development should be a central organizing principle of national and local government alongside constitutional, legislative and executive protections. We argued for institutional innovations such as the Hungarian Parliamentary...