World Future Council
{{Short description|Foundation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = World Future Council (WFC)
| formation = {{start date and age|2004}},
Foundation since {{start date and age|2005}}
| image = World Future Council.jpg
| founder = Barbara Seiller
| status = Foundation
| purpose = International understanding, sustainable development, environmental protection, ethical voice for the needs and rights of future lives, policy advice.
| headquarters = Hamburg, Germany
| leader_name = Alexandra Wandel (Chair), Franz-Theo Gottwald (Supervisory Board)
| staff = 12
| website = https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org
}}
The World Future Council (WFC) is a German non-profit foundation with its headquarters in Hamburg. It works to pass on a healthy and sustainable planet with just and peaceful societies to future generations.{{Cite web|date=2007-05-16|title=ECI Congratulates the World Future Council|url=https://earthcharter.org/eci-congratulates-the-world-future-council/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Earth Charter|language=en-US}}
FuturePolicy.org
The futurepolicy.org website presents political solutions and assists decision-makers in developing and implementing future just policies. It is an online database designed for policy-makers to simplify the sharing of existing and proven policy solutions to tackle the world's most fundamental and urgent problems. It now contains policies, for example on renewable energies, energy efficiency, sustainable cities and food production in the era of climate change, that have been promoted in WFC publications, films and hearings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.futurepolicy.org/about/|title=Database of policy solutions|website=futurepolicy.org|language=en-US|access-date=5 June 2019}}
Research and publications
- Miguel Mendonça, David Jacobs and Benjamin K. Sovacool (2009). Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-In Tariff Handbook, Earthscan, {{ISBN|978-1-84407-858-5}}
- Herbert Girardet and Miguel Mendonça (2009). A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality, Green Books, {{ISBN|978-1-900322-49-2}}
- Herbert Girardet (editor) (2008). Surviving the Century: Facing Climate Chaos and Other Global Challenges, Earthscan, {{ISBN|978-1-84407-612-3}}
- Herbert Girardet (2008). Cities People Planet: Liveable Cities for a Sustainable World, Wiley, {{ISBN|0-470-85284-4}}
- Miguel Mendonça (2007). Feed-in Tariffs: Accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, Earthscan, {{ISBN|978-1-84407-788-5}}
- Jakob von Uexkull and Herbert Girardet (2005). Shaping our Future: Creating the World Future Council, Green Books / World Future Council Initiative, {{ISBN|1-903998-46-8}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org World Future Council]
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Category:Human rights organisations based in Germany
Category:Nature conservation organisations based in Europe
Category:Peace organisations based in Germany