The World Future Council

Better policies for a better world

Global UN-STAND-UP Event features WFC Councillors’ video appeals against poverty
On October 17, more than 116 million people around the globe stood up to support the eight Millennium Development Goals defined by the United Nations. Watch the video appeals by Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Duerr, Bianca Jagger, Frances Moore-Lappé, Hermann Scheer, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Sulak Sivaraksa and Francisco Whitaker here.

The WFC

The World Future Council (WFC) considers itself the global advocate for the concerns of future generations in international politics.

The council consists of 50 personalities from around the globe who have already successfully promoted change. Their activities range from advocating human rights and sustaining the planet to promoting political, scientific, cultural and economic justice.

The WFC’s mission is to inform and educate policy makers and opinion leaders about the challenges facing future generations while providing them with practical solutions. The WFC identifies and promotes successful policies that can be implemented into legislation and policy measures. To achieve this, the WFC draws on a network of thousands of parliamentarians, institutions and organizations around the globe.

Based on the initiative of Alternative Nobel Prize founder Jakob von Uexkull, the constituting assembly took place in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2007. Initial funding has been provided by the City of Hamburg, business leader Dr. Michael Otto, and other generous donors.

Just a few of the WFC’s ongoing projects are:

  • Climate and Sustainability – how the use of alternative energies can be supported by the implementation of Feed-In Tariffs.
  • KidsCall Campaign – how children from around the world can make sure that government leaders listen to their concerns.
  • The Rights of Future Generations – how crimes against future generations ranging from ecosystem destruction to nuclear threat to climate chaos can be prevented and how these crimes can be officially addressed at the International Criminal Court.