This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you a balanced view of sustainability news.
Sophie Howe is future generations commissioner for Wales, an unusual role that tasks a public servant with countering short-termism and ensuring government policy stays true to, and progresses towards, the country’s guiding principles. It’s a principle the corporate world can learn something from, too.
Do you think there’s a space for a role like yours in a company’s board or other governance institutions? It certainly could be replicated in the private sector. Some companies are ahead of the public sector and ahead of governments on these things, because they have to be thinking about the future to ensure their survival, particularly around climate change and its cost—investing now to deliver their long term future. In Wales, even though the law doesn't cover the private sector, I am increasingly being approached by the private sector, who want to know how to get on board.
When it comes to concerns about climate change, there’s both a fighting spirit but also a certain defeatism, with posts on social media questioning whether it’s even worth the fight, particularly from young people. What’s your reaction to that? Defeatism is almost like the new denialism. We can't allow ourselves to be defeated. It is incredibly tough for us to meet our carbon emissions targets in Wales and indeed across the world. But it's not impossible. If ever you think that you're too small, look at how Greta Thunberg, one young woman, has probably achieved more in terms of raising awareness about inaction on climate change than anything politicians have done.
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