World Future Council
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The World Future Council (WFC) is an international, non-governmental organisation, whose goal is to work for a sustainable future in the fields of environment, peace, governance, human development and human rights issues.
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[edit] History
The World Future Council was founded by the Swedish writer and activist Jakob von Uexküll in reaction to politics across the world being dominated by short-term, economic thinking.
The idea for a global council was first aired on German radio in 1998. It hit a chord, with German TV immediately expressing an interest in broadcasting the Council’s sessions.
In October 2004 the organisation was officially launched in London with funding from private donors in Germany, Switzerland, USA and the UK.
[edit] Networks
The Council works closely with international networks of around 25,000 parliamentarians and 8,000 civil society organizations to identify and disseminate long-term solutions to the global issues of the day.
[edit] Founding Councillors
- Hafsat Abiola
- Ibrahim Abouleish
- Tariq Banuri
- Maude Barlow
- Tony Colman
- Hans-Peter Dürr
- Nicholas Dunlop
- Prince El Hassan bin Talal
- Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
- Scilla Elworthy
- Fabio Feldman
- Tim Flannery
- Rafia Gubash
- Olivier Giscard d’Estaing
- Bianca Jagger
- Prabhu Guptara
- Cyd Ho
- Ashok Khosla
- C.S. Kiang
- Rolf Kreibich
- David Krieger
- Ylva Lindberg
- Rama Mani
- Stephen Marglin
- Manfred Max-Neef
- Frances Moore-Lappè
- Youssou N’Dour
- Katiana Orluc
- Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
- Anita Roddick
- Hermann Scheer
- Vandana Shiva
- Sulak Sivaraska
- Count Sponeck
- Motoyuki Suzuki
- Kaarin Taipale
- Pauline Tangiora
- Beate Weber
- Judge C. G. Weeramantry
- Francisco Whitaker
- Anders Wijkman
[edit] Research & Publications
- Shaping our Future: Creating the World Future Council by Jakob von Uexkull and Herbert Girardet, ISBN: 1 903998 46 8.
- Policies to Change the World by Miguel Mendonca.
- Surviving the Century:Facing Climate Chaos & Other Global Challenges; edited by Herbert Girardet, ISBN: 9781844074587 (upcoming!)
