UNU-CPR Geneva has launched a new global, interactive database that maps how governments, institutions and citizens are embedding the interests of future generations into legal, institutional and policy systems.
Development of the Future Generations Platform reflects the increasing presence of future generations in international and national decision-making. In recent years, countries have amended constitutions, established dedicated institutions, adopted long-term strategies and engaged in litigation and citizen-led processes to advance intergenerational equity. The Future Generations Platform was developed to systematically capture these developments and inspire similar actions elsewhere.
The Platform features an interactive Atlas, which enables users to explore data through both a 2D map and an immersive 3D globe. These tools allow users to examine initiatives at international, national, regional and local levels. The database includes institutions, legislation, litigation cases, campaigns and initiatives across a range of policy areas, such as the environment and sustainability, human rights and planning and foresight.
Additionally, the Platform provides learning materials to support research, policy analysis and public discussion and invites selected partners to contribute updates – supporting the database’s ongoing development and accuracy.
Based on data from the Platform’s 2D and 3D Atlas, the timelapse video below visualizes the expansion of long-term governance initiatives from 1944 to 2026, offering a dynamic overview of global efforts to protect future generations.
The Platform was designed and implemented by Academii, a company based in Wales; the first country internationally to appoint a Future Generations Commissioner. Describing the Platform’s potential to advance long-term decision-making, Osian Jones, Lead Developer at Academii, said: “Building this platform required a technical approach equal to the ambition of the Future Generations agenda, with a scalable architecture that allows complex policy and legal data to be continuously updated, compared, and analysed across countries, while maintaining the integrity and trust essential to multilateral decision-making. The Academii team looks forward to the next phase, where AI will help turn this complexity into clear, decision-ready intelligence to support more informed, forward-looking policy choices for future generations.”
The Future Generations Platform was developed with the participation of a wide range of partner organizations, reflecting the diversity of approaches to long-term governance and intergenerational equity across regions and sectors. It also supports UNU-CPR Geneva’s continuing research on future generations and its broader work on long-term governance, institutional reform and multilateral cooperation.
Daouia Chalali, A Visiting Fellow at UNU-CPR and Project Lead for the Future Generations Platform, commented: “Since the UN’s Summit of the Future and adoption of the Summit’s Declaration on Future Generations, multiple Member States have asked: what does it mean to concretely include intergenerational considerations into policy? Our Platform seeks to provide better visibility about what is already being implemented and hopefully inspire others to act. From civil society organizations such as the Future Generations Tribunal to Parliamentary Committees, we hope this Platform will support efforts to implement the Declaration on Future Generations and ultimately inform preparation of the upcoming Secretary-General’s Report on Future Generations.”
The Future Generations Platform can be accessed here.
