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"Sustainable is not enough: A call for Regenerative Cities", an article by Anna Leidreiter on the need for sustainable urban development and more.

Congratulations to Rwanda’s National Forest Policy, initiated in 2004, for winning the 2011 Future Policy Award. The Gambia’s Community Forest Policy and the USA’s Lacey Act with its amendment of 2008 took home the Silver Awards. The three policies in the world which most effectively contribute to the conservation and sustainable development of forests for the benefit of current and future generations were announced at the UN headquarters in New York. Read more and watch the inspiring movie on www.worldfuturecouncil.org

Ombudspersons for Future Generations - Now online: www.futurejustice.org

Power Kick for Africa 2011
Alongside the solar powered screening of Nigeria's matches in the Women's Football World Cup, 70 participants from 13 African nations exchanged experiences of best policies at a conference on renewable energy and gender organised by the African Renewable Energy Alliance in Abuja. Read more

Best Policies for Future Generations

The objective of FuturePolicy.org is to present policy solutions and provide users with many helpful tools, such as background information, details on policy elements and benefits, sample texts, case studies, and further links. Choose one of the sections below for more information: 

Renewable energy policies

Feed-In Tariff (FIT) laws have proved the best approach for accelerating the deployment of renewables in the electricity sector. This section of the site aims to help users around the world by provinding a drafting toolkit, country reports and more relevant information.

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Energy efficiency policies

A strategy that emphasises energy efficiency is the most economically and environmentally sensible way out of the energy crisis. This section aims to help users finding policies to make energy use more sustainable and achieve an overall reduction of energy consumption.

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Regenerative city policies

Cities are focal points of consumption. Urban development must perform a transition of cities to become 'regenerative communities'. This section intends to help policy makers, city planners and other users by presenting a toolkit to achieve a 100% renewable energy target.

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Agriculture and food policies

Future just agriculture and food policies can help providing food security, conserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. This section of FuturePolicy.org helps decision makers to find and implement policies in the agriculture and food sector.

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