"The Future Generations Declaration provides a new hook for the reforms we all want to see. But we also need to make sure that we are focused on genuine implementation over superficial compliance to drive transformation." Sophie Howe is Futures and Wellbeing Adviser to governments, NGOs and corporates and was the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales. In her article with Claudette Salinas Leyva (School of International Futures (SOIF)) for the current New Economy edition of Alliance magazine, she reflects on protecting the interests of future generations and of the planet, and the future-focused approaches of Wales and the UN. Safeguarding the future for generations to come involves rethinking attitudes to people, planet, and fundamentally, to economics. What can philanthropy do to help? 🌱 Embed long-term thinking, building an appetite for longer term, less immediately visible outcomes, not only shorter term outputs 🗺️ Guard against the performative and pursue transformative, whole system implementations 🌄 Focus on solutions that meet today’s needs, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs What examples of future gen thinking and practice are you inspired by? https://lnkd.in/dJiUSZvF #FutureGenerations #WellBeing #NewEconomics #Philanthropy
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Powerful insight on short-termism in global and domestic economies and how this limits the ability of future generations to meet their needs, as well as negatively impacting our ability to meet development goals.
“Our fixation with ‘growthism’ is short-sighted and is only making the rich richer while devastating the world’s life support systems,” warns Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. “GDP and our addiction to consumerism have become dangerous distractions from what is actually important: people’s ability to lead a decent life on a liveable planet. That means guaranteeing a set of fundamental rights to all, including access to social services and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.” New report: https://is.gd/SugGzk
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“Our fixation with ‘growthism’ is short-sighted and is only making the rich richer while devastating the world’s life support systems,” The world's population is expected to increase by nearly 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from the current 8 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 10.4 billion in the mid-2080s. People are addicted to hoarding wealth and the economy is narrowed in on maximizing profit, dangerously pushing planetary boundaries 🌎 Economic growth of a country is mainly seen as GDP growth which is not a holistic approach. This report looks at how that type of growth is failing to reduce poverty and inequalities and to create jobs, leading to wholesome growth. Correct link here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3WpnDFS
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Global Lead for Community Wealth Building, Chair EDAS, adviser, writer, researcher, speaker, organizational leader and activist.
2moGenuine implementation which changes the here and now is key. Our political economy is driven by fast return and speedy wealth extraction. Future generations activity works at a different pace, and in prevailing political economy is all to often kicked into long grass. Great intentions and fine legislation can easily become virtue signalling beaten under the cosh of fast neoliberal capitalism and the short term fiscal decisions which preclude long term enhancement of public services. Everyday economic system change is key. As such growing economic democracy and giving people more of an everyday stake in economy must be central. Including practical work such as #communitywealthbuilding Ideas and plans for future generations which seeks to work within centrist political mindsets and thus within neoliberal political economy are on a hiding to nothing. Considerations of future generations will always falter unless aligned to deep economic system change and genuine everyday activism on economic ownership.