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NEWSLETTER
June 2019
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Dear Friends,

Welcome to the June edition of the WFC newsletter! In May, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released its latest Global Assessment on Biodiversity, and the findings are alarming. Over 1 million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. Entire ecosystems, that are indispensable for our daily lives are being progressively depleted, putting at risk our wellbeing and that of future generations.
At the World Future Council we work to find and promote concrete solutions that can help us avoid further disruption of our climate systems and to prevent more species from disappearing. In fact, to ensure a safe and sustainable future for all of humanity and our planet, we need work and implement different solutions at the same time. 

 On June 13th, we joined the F20 foundation platform at the High Level Meeting in Tokyo to promote the transition to 100% renewable energy. We continue promoting the Rights of Children and Youth and awarding pioneering policies around the world that ensure a better future with our annual Future Policy Award. And we remain aware that local solutions are crucial to empower men and women and to protect our endangered ecosystems. On our Farm in Windhoek, we work hands on with local farmers to implement sustainable agriculture solutions that support both their livelihoods and the environment. 

You can find out more about our latest activities in this newsletter. Thanks for reading and for your support in the interest of future generations.
Alexandra Wandel
Executive Director
 
 
 
 
NEWS THIS MONTH

 
GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE PERMACULTURE FARM OKUKUNA
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We wish to congratulate the participants for successfully completing the farming course! On May 29th, 2019 the World Future Council and Farm Okukuna celebrated together the farmers in a graduation ceremony. For over one year, the farmers weekly went to Okukuna to learn permaculture methods. Farm Okukuna is a pioneering project in the slums of the Namibian capital, where new methods for growing food are being developed.We support Windhoek to fulfill its commitment to improve its systems for food security. Ananias Niizimba, city councilor of Windhoek, emphasizes: “The farm Okukuna is key in achieving a safer and more sustainable and diverse food system in Windhoek. The farm is to become a center for different programs including food production, support of micro organizations and innovation for the farmers.”
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PANORAMA PLATFORM - SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHY PLANET
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The World Future Council proudly joined the PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet initiative by UNEP, UNDP, GIZ, IFOAM - Organics International, IUCN and Rare, as new collaborator. For a couple of weeks, the PANORAMA platform has been featuring the policy solutions that we identified and awarded with our unique Future Policy Award in 2018, the first international prize celebrating laws and policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations. The World Future Council awarded exemplary policies that scale up agroecology and contribute to the protection of life and livelihoods of small-scale food producers to ensure sustainable food production systems.
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J OINING F20: ELEVATE CLIMATE ACTION
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How can Foundations elevate climate action? Through their programmatic funding but also through investing their capital in line with the Paris Agreement! Last week, Anna Leidreiter, Our Director Climate Energy,joined member foundations of F20 in Tokyo/ Japan to explore opportunities and constraints for this. F20 was initiated by the WFC in 2017 in the run up to the G20 Summit in Hamburg, providing for exchange and joint action for foundations from around the world.
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R EPORT LAUNCH: BEYOND FIRE - HOW TO ACHIEVE ELECTRIC COOKING
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The World Future Council has launched the new report ‘Beyond Fire: How to achieve electric cooking’ an updated version of the in 2016 published report ‘Beyond Fire: How to achieve sustainable cooking‘. It builds on the former conclusions of the original and goes one step further. By zooming into the current financial viability of alternative cooking technologies, this report focuses on electric cooking, using solar home systems (SHS) and mini-grids. The new method replaces the conventional cooking with charcoal and firewood sources that still accounts for 4 million premature deaths due to indoor air pollution and puts significant strain on already stressed forest resources. 
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