SUPPORTERS
Privacy Preference
We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, while others help us to improve this website and your experience.
Here you will find an overview of all cookies used. You can give your consent to whole categories or display further information and select certain cookies.
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Provider | Owner of this website |
| Purpose | Saves the visitors preferences selected in the Cookie Box of Borlabs Cookie. |
| Cookie Name | borlabs-cookie |
| Cookie Expiry | 1 Year |
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Provider | Google LLC |
| Purpose | Cookie by Google used to control advanced script and event handling. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
| Cookie Name | _ga,_gat,_gid |
| Cookie Expiry | 2 Years |
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website.
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | Google LLC |
| Purpose | Cookie by Google used for website analytics. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
| Cookie Name | _ga,_gat,_gid |
| Cookie Expiry | 2 Years |
Content from video platforms and social media platforms is blocked by default. If External Media cookies are accepted, access to those contents no longer requires manual consent.
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | |
| Purpose | Used to unblock Facebook content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation |
| Host(s) | .facebook.com |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | |
| Purpose | Used to unblock Google Maps content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en |
| Host(s) | .google.com |
| Cookie Name | NID |
| Cookie Expiry | 6 Month |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | |
| Purpose | Used to unblock Instagram content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://www.instagram.com/legal/privacy/ |
| Host(s) | .instagram.com |
| Cookie Name | pigeon_state |
| Cookie Expiry | Session |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | OpenStreetMap Foundation |
| Purpose | Used to unblock OpenStreetMap content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy |
| Host(s) | .openstreetmap.org |
| Cookie Name | _osm_location, _osm_session, _osm_totp_token, _osm_welcome, _pk_id., _pk_ref., _pk_ses., qos_token |
| Cookie Expiry | 1-10 Years |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | |
| Purpose | Used to unblock Twitter content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://twitter.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | .twimg.com, .twitter.com |
| Cookie Name | __widgetsettings, local_storage_support_test |
| Cookie Expiry | Unlimited |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | Vimeo |
| Purpose | Used to unblock Vimeo content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://vimeo.com/privacy |
| Host(s) | player.vimeo.com |
| Cookie Name | vuid |
| Cookie Expiry | 2 Years |
| Accept | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Provider | YouTube |
| Purpose | Used to unblock YouTube content. |
| Privacy Policy | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en |
| Host(s) | google.com |
| Cookie Name | NID |
| Cookie Expiry | 6 Month |
powered by Borlabs Cookie
LiveEarth: Bianca Jagger Launches World Future Council Campaign
/in Press Releases, WFC /by Annette DiegelKidsCall Campaign Starts Live on Stage at LiveEarth Hamburg
Hamburg/London July 6, 2007: Bianca Jagger, World Future Council Chair, will accompany over one hundred children to launch the World Future Council’s “KidsCall” campaign live on stage at the LiveEarth Hamburg concert on Saturday.
Read more
World Future Council: G8 Fail to Live Up to Their Responsibilities
/in Climate & Energy, Press Releases /by Annette DiegelDeclaration on Climate Change too Weak: World Leaders Merely Pass the Buck to the Next Climate Conference
Hamburg June 7, 2007: The G8 Declaration on Climate Change shows a lack of political will. “Despite the acute danger that climate change represents, those countries most responsible are still not able to agree on an immediate binding resolution to reduce dangerous carbon emissions, but rather they simply pass the buck on to the next Conference on Climate Change in Bali later this year,” said Jakob von Uexküll, founder of the World Future Council.
Read more
World Future Council Appeals to G8: Listen to the Voice of Future Generations
/in Climate & Energy, Press Releases /by Annette DiegelFounding Congress Sees Bianca Jagger Elected First Chairperson
Hamburg, 13th May 2007: “Today we truly stand at the crossroads of human history. Our actions – and our failure to act – will decide the future of life on earth for thousands of years, if not forever.” The opening words of the “Hamburg Call to Action”, which was unanimously adopted by the 50 members of the World Future Council at the organisation’s Founding Congress on Sunday.
Read more
The Hamburg Call to Action
/in WFC, WFC /by Annette DiegelHamburg, 9 – 13th May 2007, Founding Congress: Today we stand at the crossroads of human history. Our actions − and our failures to act − will decide the future of life on earth for thousands of years, if not forever. Our generation will be scrutinized with exceptional fierceness by those coming after us, for decisions taken now will have profound consequences for them in terms of lives saved or lost.
Read more
The Future Starts This Week in Hamburg
/in WFC, WFC /by Annette DiegelThe World Future Council is Ready to Go
London/Hamburg, 7 May 2007: The World Future Council (WFC) has reached its full complement of 50 eminent global pioneers, representing all continents from the world of business, politics, civil society and the arts. Now, this strong new voice is about to get even louder.
Read more
World Future Council to be launched 2007 in Hamburg
/in WFC, WFC /by Annette DiegelThe World Future Council is Ready to Go
Hamburg, May 2007: The city of Hamburg will provide the core funding for the launch and initial phase of the WFC. The Head Office of the WFC will be sited in Hamburg from September 2006 and the full WFC inaugural conference will be held there in the second quarter of 2007. The other WFC offices will continue to operate.
Read more
Drumming for a Sustainable Future
/in WFC, WFC /by Annette DiegelJakob von Uexkulls Council of respected global pioneers is nearing completion.
Hamburg, Germany/London, UK, 27th February 2007: The World Future Council (WFC), founded by Jakob von Uexkull, was set up with the explicit aim of overcoming global action gaps to ensure that future generations inherit a world worth living in. The Council will research, distil and promote integrated long-term solutions to the problems of today’s world.
Read more
7th Annual meeting of the World Future Council in Bonn
/in News, News, Press Releases, Press Releases /by World Future CouncilHamburg, 28 June -“We need a rapid global shift towards a politics of responsibility and sustainability that is aligned to the needs of present and future generations.” This is the core message of the seventh Annual General Meeting of the World Future Council in Bonn. Council members from five continents met for four days to discuss the status quo and define the strategy for the year ahead.
Read more
Towards the Regenerative City
/in Climate & Energy, Publications /by World Future CouncilAbstract
The planning of new cities as well as the retrofitting of existing ones needs to undergo a profound paradigm shift. The urban metabolism must be transformed from its current operation as an inefficient and wasteful linear input-output system into a resource-efficient and regenerative, circular system. This report is about operationalising and implementing the concept of regenerative cities.
Oceans Survey
/in Featured Publication /by World Future CouncilAbstract
This study consists of an extensive evaluation of marine and coastal policies worldwide. The aim of this publication is to present already existing, sustainable solutions to decision makers and other experts. It provides them with helpful tools to inspire them to draft and implement policies and laws that protect and sustain oceans and coasts for current and future generations.