Can our production systems become sustainable and balanced within our existing political and economic order? This is, in principle, possible. The expected problems in financing such a transition can be overcome once the analysis is based on actual economic processes.
2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the World Future Council. As we look into the future – to new challenges and opportunities – we want to take a moment to celebrate the impact and success of the past decade.
Hamburg (Germany) / Ordos (China), 12th September 2017 – Yesterday, the Future Policy Award (FPA) ceremony was held at the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD in Ordos, Inner Mongolia (China).
Can we stop desertification and land degradation? The winning policies of the Future Policy Award 2017 show that we can.
In 2017, in partnership with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), we are highlighting laws and policies that contribute to the protection of life and livelihoods in the drylands, and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 15, target 3.
After one year of trial and error, 2016 marked the second year since the WFC initiated the Regenerative Cities program.
This report captures the full scope of the project in 2016. We are very proud to share these achievements with you and look forward to the journey ahead.
This paper describes the vital relationship between renewable energy (RE) and sustainable development. In particular, it demonstrates how supporting the transition to 100% RE is both a necessary condition and a driver for sustainable development that leaves no one behind.
At the COP 21 in Paris, the international community agreed on an agenda to cut greenhouse gas emissions to a level that will limit the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5°C. On 5 October 2016, the threshold for entry into force of the Paris Agreement was achieved. For a likely chance to stay below a rise of 1.5C, we have to reach zero emissions by 2050.
In November 2016 at the UN COP22 in Marrakesh/ Morocco, 48 countries committed to “strive to meet 100% domestic renewable energy production as rapidly as possible while working to end energy poverty, protect water and food security, taking into consideration national circumstances”1. These 48 countries are among the most vulnerable countries and are united as the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF). Tanzania is one of these countries.
Unless we change course we are heading for unprecedented dangers and conflicts, including the end of human civilisation in the foreseeable future, depriving all future generations of their right to life and the lives of preceding generations of meaning and purpose. Current policies threaten temperature increases triggering permafrost melting and the release of ocean methane hydrates which would make our earth unlivable.
