Published 09-07-22
Submitted by Forum for the Future
LONDON, September 7, 2022 /CSRwire/ - International sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future has today announced its 2023-2025 strategy outlining three pivotal ‘transitions’ that it will focus on in its efforts to create a ‘just and regenerative’ future in which both people and the planet thrive.
Working across the UK, Asia and the US, Forum will hone in on enabling deep transformation in how we think about, produce, consume and value both food and energy, and in the role of business in society and the economy.
With increased investment and activity, current momentum behind these transitions is encouraging—but the world is not yet seeing the results it needs.
Forum’s Chief Executive, Dr Sally Uren, said: “As time to avert the worst of our social and environmental crises runs out, we’re continuing to see a misplaced focus on short-term and piecemeal fixes or interventions that lack ambition; they do not go far enough and they do not deliver results quickly enough. At Forum for the Future, we recognise that the window to act is still open, but all parts of our society and economy, and the sustainability movement in particular, needs to choose deep systemic transformation over shallow fixes that in all likelihood will ultimately fail.”
Forum’s new strategy effectively calls time on shallow interventions that might address specific problems in isolated, short-term ways, but that, in the longer-term, fail to maintain momentum and to tackle the root causes of the issues they set out to resolve.
Examples of these shallow transitions include:
Recognising that the sustainability movement can no longer afford to fall short, Forum will work to enable a deep and urgent transition: of our food system to enable equitable access to nutrition for all whilst securing sustainable livelihoods for producers and restoring nature; to renewable energy that is ecologically safe and socially just; and in the role of business in society and the economy.
It is calling on change-makers to ‘think systemically, act faster and go further’ in the pursuit of transformational change, characteristics of which include:
“Forum’s vision is a truly just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive,” Dr Uren continued. “It’s a future in which our social and environmental systems have been transformed and are capable of adapting to and addressing challenges of the future with both flexibility and resilience. A future where the world has integrated ways to stabilise the planet, restore and replenish our ecosystems, and promote dignity, fulfilment and equity for all. Ensuring deep transformation in food, energy, and in the role of business in society and the economy is central to realising this vision.”
Forum was founded in 1996. 26 years on, the new strategy will see the non-profit continue to bring its long-standing systemic and futures-oriented approaches, with a renewed focus on working with partners to:
Among the flagship programmes Forum will continue to deliver are the Growing our Future initiative - aimed at mainstreaming regenerative agriculture in the US food system; the Responsible Energy Initiative - aimed at ensuring the transition to renewable energy in Asia is ecologically safe, rights-respecting and socially just; and its work to transform businesses and reset their ambition in line with a just and regenerative mindset.
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About Forum for the Future
Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability non-profit. For more than 25 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the shift towards a just and regenerative future in which both people and the planet thrive. As our environmental, social and economic crises intensify, the world is rapidly changing, with multiple transitions already reshaping how we all live and work. But will we go far enough, and fast enough? Forum is focused on enabling deep transformation in three game-changing areas: how we think about, produce, consume and value both food and energy, and the role of business in society and the economy.
Forum’s vision of a ‘just and regenerative’ future is a world in which:
Find out more on the what, why and how of just and regenerative, visit: https://www.forumforthefuture.org/framing-the-future-as-just-and-regenerative-why-and-how
Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability non-profit. For 25 years we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate the transformation toward a just and regenerative future.
We use our systems change and futures expertise to help tackle critical global challenges: the climate emergency, transforming our food and farming systems, and ensuring supply chains are more resilient and more equitable. We also enable long-term, transformative change by equipping individuals and organisations to act more systemically. Find out more at https://www.forumforthefuture.org/
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