The Future of Sustainability: Stepping over false choices and dreaming big

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The Future of Sustainability: Stepping over false choices and dreaming big

Why have more than 25 years of sustainability efforts gotten us far from where we need to be? As we wrap up the Future of Sustainability’s Looking Back to Go Forward series, Forum’s Chief Executive Dr. Sally Uren reflects on the various dreams she holds for the sustainability sector, and lays out pathways to actualise them.

Reflections on the UK's new energy security strategy

The UK government’s latest energy security strategy, released in April, puts offshore wind and nuclear power at the heart of its new policy. Forum’s Associate Director of UK/Europe Martin Hunt and Climate Strategist Iain Watt, share key reflections on the latest paper and the change needed to create a just and regenerative energy system.

What can we do to build resilience in climate action civil society?

Alongside the MacArthur Foundation, we have published a set of resources that helps anyone who wants to explore their own sectoral resilience, based on a series of participatory workshops we conducted with 25 civil society organisations in India.

Read about how to build resilience in climate action civil society in this piece, co-authored with thanks to our partners Purpose, Climate Group and Initiative for Climate Action.

Download the resource pack

School of System Change

Catalysing Change Week 2022

Join the School during Catalysing Change Week 2022 (9-13 May) for three exploratory sessions: two on equipping funders with systems change capacity (Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11); and one on visualising the field of systems change, sharing the Illuminate affinity map resource (Thursday 12).

Learn more.

Investors in Change

How can funders drive innovation and impact to address complex sustainability challenges? To explore this question, funders in philanthropy, impact investment, and the public sector are invited to join our five-week ‘Funding in a complex world’ module, starting in June.

Enroll by 16 May.

Reimagining the way the world works is our job - and it could be yours too

We asked our team how they would describe Forum as a workplace. Their answers were as diverse as our work. Find out more about why they think Forum is an inquisitive, siao onz, futuristic, pluck, visionary, challenging, nimble, prismatic and emergent place to work.

We're hiring...

Financial Accountant Based in the UK. Applications close 2 May.
Development and Communications Director Based in the UK. Applications close 22 May.

We use Applied as part of our recruitment process as Forum wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities in employment. We promote and support equality, diversity and inclusion both in our own workplace and through our work with our partners and the wider public. You can also subscribe to Forum job alerts.

Events

22-23 June 2022
Better Cotton Conference

Join Better Cotton and its partners for the Better Cotton Conference where the entire sector comes together to shape a more sustainable future for cotton. Forum’s Associate Director – Climate, Dhaval Negandhi, will be sharing insights from the Cotton 2040 initiative. Register here.

14 June 2022
Building a just and regenerative future for edible fats and oils

Join Forum, as convenor of the Edible Fats and Oils collaboration, in this online event to explore how to build a just and regenerative future for edible fats and oils. Register here.

In other news

Sky News - The Daily Climate Show: The Daily Climate Show: Carbon capture, heatwaves, and how net-zero could impact Russia's war machine. Forum’s Chief Executive, Dr. Sally Uren on climate action (interview from 12:26 onwards).
TIME Magazine: In the face of a climate crisis, there's a better way to farm. Dr. Sally Uren writes about the potential of regenerative agriculture and Forum’s Growing Our Future initiative. Sally recently joined TIME magazine’s Project 2030 Committee, a decade-long project marking progress towards a sustainable and equitable world.
iBAN: With a narrow window for innovation, will our food systems transform or unravel? by Forum’s Associate Directors Lesley Mitchell and Charlene Collison.
BusinessGreen: Why a truly just transition needs to start with local community engagement. Forum's Senior Change Designer, Charlie Thorneycroft, writes about Forum's local community engagement project, Our Zero Selby.
Core77: Alisha Bhagat explains how looking back in time could lead us to brighter, more regenerative futures. Forum's Futures Lead, Alisha Bhagat, discuss futures thinking, climate change, and more.

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