Day 1B Closing I keynote address
| Thursday, October 24, 2024 |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
| Grand Ballroom |
Overview
Sophie Howe | Protecting the wellbeing of future generations - lessons from Wales
Presenter
Sophie Howe
Sustainability Futures and Wellbeing Adviser, the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
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Protecting the wellbeing of future generations - lessons from Wales
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMAbstract
In 2016 Wales became the first country in the world to pass a law aimed at protecting the wellbeing of future generations. The law not only puts legal duties on the government and other public bodies in Wales to think and act for the long term and take a joined up and preventative approach to policy making but also establishes an independent Future Generations Commissioner to hold them to account. Sophie Howe was the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and indeed the world and she will share the lessons learnt in driving what she describes as the biggest organisational culture change programme a country has ever seen.
Learning outcomes
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Described by The Guardian as ‘the World’s First Minister for the Unborn’ for the last seven years Sophie Howe was the first Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, the only role of its kind in the world. She held the Government to account on how their decisions affect future generations, securing policy transformation on climate, education and social justice and influencing other countries to follow suit including advising on governance for future generations at UN level. Named at number 5 in the BBC Women’s Power List and as leading a Welsh plot to save the world, she is one of the UK’s Top 100 Changemakers, a Global Ambassador for the Wellbeing Economic Alliance and Anticipatory Governance Adviser with the School of International Futures. Known for a being a straight talking and inspirational advocate for those yet to be born, she is working globally to inspire other countries to adopt future generations legislation and support policy makers, progressive corporates and NGOs to help them to develop sustainability and wellbeing strategies based on future generations thinking.
