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后代

Decisions taken today on climate, debt, infrastructure, technology and natural capital fix conditions for people not yet born, who have no vote and no voice in the process. Future generations governance asks how institutions can represent long-term public value: through statutory duties, commissioners, parliamentary committees, appraisal rules and international commitments. This page sets out how such arrangements work, where they fail, and who holds the decisions they are meant to inform.

01登记

Future generations on the record.

02问题

Future generations: how the risk develops.

Long-term public value and stewardship. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

机制

Short-termism is structural

Electoral cycles, annual budgets, quarterly reporting and the discounting of distant costs all weigh the present over the future. Without an institution charged with the long term, its interests lose by default.

机制

Statutory duties and guardians

Some jurisdictions place a legal duty on public bodies to consider long-term well-being, backed by a commissioner or ombudsperson. Their influence depends on powers to review, report and receive a response, not on the duty alone.

机制

Appraisal and discounting

Cost-benefit appraisal discounts future costs and benefits. The rate chosen, and whether it declines over very long horizons, decides how much weight distant generations receive in public investment and regulation.

机制

Irreversibility and stewardship

Some losses cannot be undone: species, a stable climate, cultural heritage, public trust. Stewardship duties treat these as assets held in trust, which shifts the burden of proof for decisions that would deplete them.

03地理

Energy now in the Arctic.

Night lights, population density and sunlight over the Arctic, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.

交互式地图需要JavaScript;图层列表和来源见下文。

图层 3

本页当前的能源状况

关于此图层
证据
观测
来源
VIIRS 黑色大理石(VNP46A2)(NASA LAADS DAAC)
提供方
NASA LAADS DAAC
许可协议
NASA 开放数据
年份版本
每日;卫星辐亮度,已校正月光和大气影响
构建时的最新内容
2026-10-12
分辨率
约 500 米网格
不确定性
所示日期的卫星夜间辐亮度;灯光是用电和停电情况的代理指标,不是对供应或可及性的测量。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问
关于此图层
证据
估计值
来源
世界网格化人口 v4.11(NASA SEDAC(哥伦比亚大学 CIESIN))
提供方
NASA SEDAC(CIESIN,哥伦比亚大学)
许可协议
CC BY 4.0
年份版本
null;基于人口普查的估算,静态(2020)
分辨率
约 1 公里网格
不确定性
基于普查的 2020 年每平方公里人口估算,作为风险暴露背景展示;不是受任何危害影响的人口数。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问
关于此图层
证据
模型生成(GIBS 发布的最新月份)
来源
MERRA-2(NASA GMAO / GES DISC)
提供方
NASA GMAO / GES DISC
许可协议
NASA 开放数据
年份版本
每月;再分析模型;GIBS 发布的最新月份
构建时的最新内容
2026-07-01
分辨率
约 2 公里网格
不确定性
再分析模型对陆地月平均入射太阳辐射的估算;是太阳能资源的指标,并非场址发电量评估。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问
关于此图层
证据
观测(云层造成缺口)
来源
VIIRS 全球洪水产品(NASA LANCE)
提供方
NASA LANCE
许可协议
NASA 开放数据
年份版本
每日;卫星探测;云层造成缺口
构建时的最新内容
2026-10-14
分辨率
约 250 米网格
不确定性
卫星探测;云层造成缺口。按提供方发布的原样提供的卫星或模型栅格数据。云层、扫描带缺口和反演误差会造成缺口和噪声;这些数值是指标,不是某一地点的测量值。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问
关于此图层
证据
观测(云层和过境时间造成缺口)
来源
VIIRS NOAA-20 375 米(FIRMS)(NASA LANCE FIRMS)
提供方
NASA LANCE FIRMS
许可协议
NASA 开放数据
年份版本
每日;卫星探测;云层和过境时间造成缺口
构建时的最新内容
2026-10-13
分辨率
约 500 米网格
不确定性
所示日期的卫星热点探测结果,包括天然气火炬和工业热源;不是已确认的火情、事件报告或预警。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问
关于此图层
证据
观测(云层造成缺口)
来源
VIIRS NOAA-20(NASA LANCE)
提供方
NASA LANCE
许可协议
NASA 开放数据
年份版本
每日;卫星反演;云层造成缺口
构建时的最新内容
2026-10-14
分辨率
约 1 公里网格
不确定性
所示日期地表的卫星皮肤温度,是制冷需求的指标;不是气温,也不是高温预警。
可通过以下方式到达
gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov,仅在您允许加载实时地图后访问

最新可用

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap贡献者 (ODbL) · Natural Earth

正在加载最新的NASA影像。

拖动以移动。按住 Ctrl 或 ⌘ 并滚动、双指缩放或使用按钮缩放;悬停可查看指针下的数值;重置可返回该区域。

Energy now, framed on the Arctic.NASA 发布的卫星和模型产品,各带自己的日期。它们是指标,而非对任何地点的评估。

数据:NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap 贡献者 · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · NASA/NOAA VIIRS · 美国地质调查局来源与许可

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA 开放数据
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA 开放数据
  • VIIRS Black Marble 夜间灯光,NASA 戈达德航天中心;由 NASA Level-1 与大气档案和分发系统(LAADS DAAC)分发;影像来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 NASA 开放数据
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). 采用 CC BY 4.0 许可。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
  • MERRA-2 再分析,NASA 全球建模与同化办公室;由 NASA GES DISC 分发;影像来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 NASA 开放数据
  • VIIRS 近实时产品(洪水、地表温度、积雪覆盖、校正反射率),NASA LANCE;影像来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 NASA 开放数据
  • NASA 资源管理火灾信息系统(FIRMS),VIIRS 375 m 活跃火点产品,NASA LANCE;矢量瓦片来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 NASA 开放数据
  • ASTER GDEM 是 METI 和 NASA 的产品(ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003,NASA LP DAAC);影像来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。引用格式:NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA 开放数据
  • 使用 Natural Earth 制作。免费矢量和栅格地图数据,见 naturalearthdata.com。 公有领域
  • © OpenStreetMap 贡献者(ODbL),经由 NASA GIBS(海岸线、边界、道路和地名)。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 ODbL
  • Blue Marble,NASA Earth Observatory;影像来自 NASA GIBS。颜色依据已发布的色标重绘;显示处的数值已按六边形网格平均(经修改)。 NASA 开放数据
  • 地球仪和平面地图上的背景信息:海岸线、边界、道路和地名来自 NASA GIBS 参考图层(OpenStreetMap 数据,ODbL,© OpenStreetMap contributors);Blue Marble 影像可作为可选底图;3D 地形和高程读数来自 ASTER GDEM 高程色彩指数(5 m 至 200 m 分级,为便于辨识而作了夸张处理)。边界按已发布的样式绘制,不代表对任何领土的立场。
  • 实时事件:NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker(EONET);事件仅供参考,并保留其原始来源链接。
  • Observed (EO): NASA/NOAA VIIRS (Suomi NPP). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • 实时:NASA EONET。事件仅供参考,不是主管机构的预警。
  • 实时:美国地质调查局。事件仅供参考,不是主管机构的预警。
  • NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • 过去一年的每日气温(ERA5,经由 Open-Meteo):包含经修改的 Copernicus 气候变化服务 2026 年信息。
  • 过去一年的每日气温和日照(NASA POWER):这些数据来自 NASA 兰利研究中心(LaRC)POWER 项目,该项目由 NASA 地球科学/应用科学计划资助。
  • 天气数据来自 Open-Meteo.com (https://open-meteo.com/), 依据 CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 授权。
  • 可选图层(图层列表中共 10 个来源:实时、预报、观测和背景)启用后会在地图上和此处显示其提供方署名;预报为模型输出,衍生指数为估计值。

图层与日期

  • 夜间灯光,每日:VIIRS Black Marble(VNP46A2),NASA LAADS DAAC · 2026年10月12日
  • 人口密度,2020 年:人口:哥伦比亚大学 CIESIN,世界网格化人口 v4.11(2018),NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · 静态
  • 陆地地表入射太阳辐射,月均值:MERRA-2,NASA GMAO / GES DISC · 2026年7月
  • 洪水水体,3 日合成:VIIRS 全球洪水产品,NASA LANCE · 2026年10月14日
  • 活跃火点与热异常:VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m(FIRMS),NASA LANCE FIRMS · 2026年10月13日
  • 白天地表温度:VIIRS NOAA-20,NASA LANCE · 2026年10月13日

04指标

衡量什么,以及衡量得如何。

每个指标都注明其单位、频率、背后的来源类型以及数值将附带的证据标签。此处不显示数值:数值由计划依据其自身权限提供。

指标单位节奏来源类型标签
Jurisdictions with statutory long-term duties辖区数量年度Legislative records已发布统计
Future generations institutions in operationcount of commissioners, committees and ombudspersons年度Institutional records已声明
Policy proposals with long-term impact assessmentshare of proposals年度监管影响评估登记册已发布统计
Discount rate schedule in public appraisal guidancepercent per year by horizonper guidance revisionTreasury appraisal guidance已发布统计
Horizon of fiscal sustainability projections年per reportFiscal sustainability reports已发布统计
Intergenerational fiscal gapshare of GDPper reportLong-term fiscal projections模型估算
Guardian recommendations answered by governmentshare of recommendations年度Guardian institution annual reports已报告
Natural capital accounts compiledphysical and monetary units年度National accounts under SEEA已发布统计
05政策情景

比较文书:规则、激励和信息。

三类文书与基线并列比较,各有其滞后和采纳速度,在你设定的覆盖率和遵守率下运行;效应量是教学数值,应以证据替换。情景:关于未来的明示假设,不是预测。本页地图显示的是北极;模型本身不限于某一地点。

控制措施

结果的基线趋势
每年 2.0%
该工具的覆盖范围
70%
合规
75%
效应量,相对于教学取值
100%
未来年数
20 年

读数

期末时点降幅最大
监管
相对基线的降幅
21%
数字、方法与来源
年份基线监管经济激励信息与能力
0100.099.598.899.1
1102.0101.2100.199.8
2104.0102.5101.199.9
3106.1103.5101.6100.0
4108.2103.7101.8100.7
5110.4103.2101.7102.1
6112.6102.0101.6103.9
7114.9100.4101.6105.9
8117.299.2102.1108.0
9119.598.6102.9110.1
10121.998.9104.2112.3
11124.399.7105.7114.5
12126.8101.1107.4116.8
13129.4102.7109.4119.2
14131.9104.5111.4121.6
15134.6106.5113.5124.0
16137.3108.5115.7126.5
17140.0110.7118.0129.0
18142.8112.9120.4131.6
19145.7115.1122.8134.2
20148.6117.4125.2136.9

方法

  1. 政府工具 Hood (1983), The Tools of Government, Macmillan
  2. 胡萝卜、大棒与说教 Bemelmans-Videc, Rist and Vedung (1998), Transaction
  3. 创新扩散 Rogers (2003), Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press
  4. 不确定性扇形图(参数蒙特卡罗) Spiegelhalter, Pearson and Short (2011), Visualising uncertainty about the future, Science 333
  5. 单因素敏感性(龙卷风图) Saltelli and others (2008), Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer, Wiley

数据

The model runs on the teaching values set by the controls. To calibrate it for a place, read it against these admitted layers and series, which this page’s map can draw:

  • 边界 Natural Earth
  • 城市 Natural Earth
比较政策工具:规则、激励和信息。示意性教学模型:依据控件设定的数值运行,而非实测数据。方法:政府工具(Hood (1983), The Tools of Government, Macmillan);胡萝卜、大棒与说教(Bemelmans-Videc, Rist and Vedung (1998), Transaction);创新扩散(Rogers (2003), Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press)。
06来源

证据来自何处。

具名公共数据集与机构记录,各自注明许可类别。依协议获得的来源仅按其条款使用,绝不再次发布。

来源它提供什么许可类别
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales reportsStatutory Future Generations 报告 and reviews of public bodies under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act开放政府许可
Committee for the Future, Parliament of FinlandParliamentary reports, hearings and responses to the Government Report on the FuturePublic parliamentary records
UN Declaration on Future GenerationsPrinciples and commitments adopted with the Pact for the FutureUnited Nations terms of use
HM Treasury Green Book and supplementary guidanceAppraisal method, including the declining long-term discount rate schedule开放政府许可
National fiscal council long-term sustainability reportsLong-horizon projections of public finances under ageing and other pressuresPublic records, terms per council
UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)Statistical standard and country accounts for natural capital and ecosystem servicesUnited Nations terms of use
Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future GenerationsExpert statement of legal principles on obligations owed to future generationsOpen publication
07实施

从授权到评估,按支柱划分。

一项文书从授权到评估所经历的步骤,每一步都标明负责运行的支柱,以及仍由当局作出的决定。这是带有明示说明性数值的教学模型,不是预测。本页地图显示的是北极;模型本身不限于某一地点。

  1. 授权与问题界定 主管当局(计划之外)
    主管当局依其自身规则界定问题和授权。 Howlett、Ramesh 和 Perl(2009)
  2. 证据与系统模型 Foundry
    对系统及其反馈、数据和已说明的局限进行建模。 OECD (2014),原则 2
  3. 在情景下评估备选方案 Foundry
    在情景下比较各项政策工具,并显示不确定性。 Hood (1983)
  4. 与利益相关方演练 宇宙
    在演练中与将实施和承担这些方案的各方一起检验方案。 OECD(2014),原则 3
  5. 起草标准或指南 Nexus Standards
    行之有效的做法被编纂为标准或指南,并公开征求意见。 Nexus Standards 流程
  6. 由主管当局决定 主管当局(计划之外)
    主管当局在计划之外,依据记录在案的证据作出决定。 Howlett、Ramesh 和 Perl(2009)
  7. 能力与培训 Risk Academy
    负责实施的人员接受关于所决定文书及其数据的培训。 仙台框架(2015),优先事项 2
  8. 监测与公开报告 报告
    指标连同来源、局限和更正一并发布。 OECD(2014),原则 5
  9. 评估与修订 Nexus Standards
    结果反馈至标准和模型:循环闭合。 Howlett、Ramesh 和 Perl(2009)

方法

  1. 政策周期 Howlett, Ramesh and Perl (2009), Studying Public Policy, Oxford University Press
  2. 关键风险治理 OECD(2014),Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Critical Risks
  3. 有向图的分层绘制 Sugiyama, Tagawa and Toda (1981), IEEE SMC 11
从授权到评估,按支柱划分:所记录的各个步骤及其所属支柱;来源按各步骤所引。
08决定

由谁决定,以及证据服务于什么。

Foresight Nexus 负责准备证据。以下决定由所列主管机构依据其自身规则作出,绝不由平台作出。

谁来决定问题本页面服务的证据
Parliaments and their committees for the futureWhether to legislate long-term duties or create a guardian institution, and with what powersComparative evidence on existing institutions, their mandates, powers and records of influence
Finance ministries and treasuries哪些 discount rate schedule and horizon to use for long-lived public investment and regulationAppraisal choices set out with their ethical and empirical bases and their effect on distant costs
Cabinet offices and centre-of-government unitsHow long-term impact assessment enters policy and budget processesAssessment practice in other governments and the conditions under which it changed decisions
Supreme audit institutions and fiscal councilsWhether long-term risks and liabilities are reported and accounted forLong-horizon fiscal projections, natural capital accounts and their gaps

该主题产生的产出

  • Comparative reviews of future generations institutions and their powers
  • Notes on discounting and long-horizon appraisal choices
  • Long-term public value scenarios for parliamentary scrutiny
  • Records of how guardian recommendations were answered
09孪生与级联模拟器

Exercise a cascade in future generations with the people who decide.

Assembled from the Nexus Standards area profile 子孙后代与长期风险: the hazards it names, the 系统 and communities that carry the loss, the controls and institutions that dampen it and the data that observe it. Pick an initiating event and step through the cascade to see where mandates meet and which decisions fall to whom. The Map view places the run on an example geography with open data. Every weight is a stated assumption. An exercise for dialogue, not a forecast, an assessment or a position. To model a place of your own choosing, open the full System Builder.

灾害

  • Nuclear war
  • 溃坝
  • 金融传染
  • Cryptographically relevant quantum computer
  • 河流洪水(在下游引发)
  • Flash flood (set off downstream)
  • 大规模流离失所(在下游引发)
  • Nuclear detonation (set off downstream)
  • Health-system overload (set off downstream)
  • Data breach (set off downstream)
  • Mass account takeover (set off downstream)
  • Harvest-now, decrypt-later collection (set off downstream)
  • 大范围停电(在下游引发)
  • 供水短缺(在下游引发)
  • Sovereign debt crisis (set off downstream)
  • Currency crisis (set off downstream)
  • Nuclear winter (set off downstream)
  • High-altitude electromagnetic pulse (set off downstream)

控制措施

  • NS-0 章程与原则
  • NS-9 情境 UNI(部署、实例、计划实例)
  • NS-10 政策和条款(机器可读的义务:定义、约束、评估和执行)
  • NS-11 验证与监测(证据、证明、零信任符合性观测)
  • NS-13 标准制定流程(公开提案、审查、版本管理、采纳)
  • NRS-U12 宇宙 platform profile: Foresight Nexus
  • NRS-H26 危害类别:土地与湿地退化(NHS-1 eco.land)
  • NRS-H92 危害类别:老化与退化的基础设施(NHS-1 infra.ageing)
  • NRS-P4 前瞻、地平线扫描与战略
  • NRS-H11 危害类别:沿海与海平面危害(NHS-1 water.coastal)
  • NRS-H31 危害类别:持久性和生物累积性物质(NHS-1 poll.persistent)

观测

  • Our World in Data datasets (listed for reference)
  • CMIP6 气候预估(Copernicus Climate Data Store)(仅列作参考)
  • World Bank Open Data 和 World Development Indicators API(仅列作参考)
  • Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

示例地理范围

  • 孟加拉国:134 个六边形单元
  • 今夜夜间灯光与停电(VIIRS 昼夜波段),NASA GIBS
  • 穿透云层的地表水,30 m(OPERA DSWx-S1 雷达),NASA GIBS
  • 过去半小时降雨率(IMERG),NASA GIBS
  • 地表土壤湿度(SMAP),NASA GIBS
10核心问题

从业者提出的问题。

  • How should the interests of future generations be weighed against present needs?
  • Which institutions can represent future generations, and with what authority?
  • How should long-term costs and benefits be valued in public decisions?
  • Which irreversible changes deserve special caution?
  • How can young people participate in shaping the futures they will live in?
11工具与承诺

How future generations is governed: instruments, mandates and commitments.

政策制定者、外交官或发展机构所使用的文书、授权、行为方和问责安排,并注明设定它们的协定。结构遵循所列框架。所绘制的任何状态或进展均为说明性,并非记录。

政策工具矩阵

The kinds of instrument available on future generations, by level of government and cooperation.

工具类型地方国家区域全球
监管型分区、建筑规范法律、标准、许可统一规则公约与条约
经济地方税费、拨款预算项目、税收、保险计划风险池,区域基金融资机制
信息地方预警披露、预警、统计数据共享安排全球监测与报告
制度型地方委员会牵头机构,协调理事会区域机构与秘书处多边授权
合作型社区协议伙伴关系契约谅解备忘录与联合计划协定与共同承诺
A typology after the OECD Recommendation on the Governance of Critical Risks; examples of instrument types, not an inventory of any country’s measures.
《仙台框架》(减少灾害风险) · 联合国减少灾害风险办公室《巴黎协定》 · 《联合国气候变化框架公约》《2030 年可持续发展议程》和可持续发展目标 · 联合国《国际卫生条例》 · 世卫组织
12机制

驱动因素与动态。

Present bias is a well-documented feature of individual and institutional decision-making: near-term costs and benefits loom larger than distant ones. Electoral and budget cycles reinforce it. The result can be underinvestment in prevention, infrastructure maintenance, research and environmental protection, whose benefits arrive later.

Institutions have responded in several ways. Some jurisdictions have created statutory commissioners or committees for future generations, or legislation requiring public bodies to consider long-term well-being. At the United Nations, the Declaration on Future Generations adopted in 2024 sets out principles for considering their interests. Economists continue to debate how to discount future costs and benefits, a choice that strongly affects long-term policy. Irreversible changes, such as species loss or the depletion of resources that took millennia to form, raise particular concern because later generations cannot undo them.

Why now: the Declaration on Future Generations (2024) and long-standing national institutions, such as the Future Generations Commissioner created under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, have made long-term interests a governance question. Foresight Nexus compares such arrangements and convenes the institutions that might adopt them.

13方法与局限

如何开展。

  1. 01

    Long-term appraisal

    Methods for valuing long-term effects, including discounting choices, drawing on 不确定性下的决策分析.

  2. 02

    制度分析

    Comparative study of bodies that represent future generations and their influence.

  3. 03

    Intergenerational dialogue

    Structured engagement between generations on long-term priorities.

  4. 04

    局限

    Future preferences are unknown, ethical frameworks differ, and institutions for the long term can be weakened or repealed.

14方法

如何研究,以及方法无法说明的内容。

  1. 不确定性下的决策分析稳健决策 · 动态适应性政策路径 · 结构化专家判断征询在此应用
  2. 情景设计与压力测试探索性情景开发 · 政策风洞测试在此应用
  3. 预测与时间序列分析汇总判断性预测 · 概率性人口预测在此应用
  4. 复杂系统与基于主体的建模驱动因素的系统梳理 · 基于主体的社会变迁探索在此应用
15问题

问题与解答。

Who speaks for future generations?
In some jurisdictions a commissioner, ombudsperson or parliamentary committee holds that role by law. Elsewhere it falls to courts, auditors, civil society and the general duties of government. None can know future preferences; they represent long-term interests in present decisions.
Why does the discount rate matter so much?
Over long horizons, small differences in the rate change the present weight of distant costs and benefits by large factors. The choice is partly ethical, about how to weigh future people, and partly empirical, about growth and uncertainty.
Is future generations policy only about climate?
No. It covers public debt, infrastructure, natural capital, technology risks, institutions and knowledge. Climate is prominent because its effects are long-lived and largely irreversible.
Why can’t future generations be represented directly?
Because they do not yet exist. Institutions can only represent their interests through people and rules acting today.
What is discounting?
A method of giving less weight to future costs and benefits than present ones. The rate chosen strongly affects long-term decisions.
Does GRF advocate particular laws?
No. GRF convenes dialogue and records what participants conclude. Decisions belong to competent authorities.
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