Wales marks decade of putting future generations first It’s 2016 and Wales is making history. The Welsh men’s football team is about to reach the semi-finals of the European championships, Little Haven beach in Pembrokeshire becomes the first smoke-free b...

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📰 Statement: “Wake-up for the water industry” says Future Generations Commissioner.
Derek Walker’s response to Welsh Government’s Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Water in Wales: futuregenerations.wales/news/stateme...

Green Paper: Shaping the Future of Water Governance in Wales | GOV.WALES We are seeking your views on reform of water governance for Wales.

📣 Share your views and evidence to help shape the future of our water system in Wales. Welsh Government's consultation is now open, learn more: www.gov.wales/green-paper-...

Whilst this is a first, we know public bodies will need to increase funding for climate adaptation measures like this one.

Inside a decade of Wales' future generations commissioner It's 10 years since Wales created a future generations commissioner to banish short-term thinking from decisions shaping the future.

Article from me about ten years of Wales’s Future Generations Commissioner role - www.bigissue.com/opinion/a-de... @bigissue.com

Food partnerships in Wales: turning good food into local action in 2026 Jane Cook takes a look at aims to make Wales' excellent domestic food produce – and producers – accessible to as many people as possible.

Wales in the only country in the UK with a local food partnership in all of our local authority areas. They’re helping us grow more healthy, sustainable and local food and getting it to those who need it most. www.buzzmag.co.uk/food-partner... @futuregencymru.bsky.social

This week in collaboration with Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Co-Production Network Wales and representatives from PSBs we gathered with communities across the public sector to address how we can better coordinate the organisations that shape people’s lives. 🧵

Wales can’t keep treating the environmental crisis as an afterthought. Society itself must change. - Institute of Welsh Affairs Neil Sachdev reflects on his first 100 days as Chair of Natural Resources Wales as the organisation launches a sobering State of Natural Resources report.

“Di-ystwyth” - rhagair Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol ar gyflwr ein hinsawdd yn ôl Cadeirydd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru.

Darllenwch fwy am y pum cam gweithredu uniongyrchol y gellir eu cymryd nawr yng Nghymru i ddiogelu ein systemau ar gyfer y dyfodol: www.iwa.wales/agenda/2026/...

Natural Resources Wales issues stark warning over wildlife loss and polluted rivers A major Welsh environment report calls for action across society so people can live more sustainably.

"Collapsing wildlife and polluted rivers now a life or death issue" - @derek-walker.bsky.social

Read about the findings from the State of Natural Resources Report by Natural Resources Wales and the Commissioner's response in today's piece via BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Independent Advisory Group on Future Electricity Grid for Wales: report and recommendations | GOV.WALES Report and recommendations to inform future electricity grid development in Wales.

In their recent report, we helped the Independent Advisory Group to shape Wales’ Future Electricity Grid.

💡There needs to be a transformation in how Welsh communities and businesses are involved in, and gain from, Wales’ energy future.

🔗Learn more: www.gov.wales/independent-...

We provided evidence to the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport & International Relations Committee on Welsh Government's International Strategy. 🧵

Can’t wait to see this next week

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’ In historic speech to mark UN’s 80th anniversary, secretary general makes impassioned plea for multilateralism and international law amid drastic US funding cuts

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’

What a privilege to have been asked to join a panel at this event tomorrow to share our ten years of experience in Wales of the Well-being of Future Generations Act and to talk about how we can increase global momentum behind the UN declaration for future generations.

NEWS: Wales is investing in sickness not health, the Future Generations Commissioner is warning, as he joins calls for a dramatic shift in the way we spend our budgets.

Read more: futuregenerations.wales/news/invest-...

📣 Rydym yn recriwtio: Arweinydd Rhaglen Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cyfnod Mamolaeth)!

📣 We're hiring: Future Generations Leadership Academy Programme Lead (Maternity Cover)!

Dyddiad cau / Closing date: 16/01/2026

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Former Irish President offers inspiration, but the outlook is bleak Martin Shipton Britain’s politics are in a dark place, so it was refreshing even for a short time to be exposed to the moral authority that exudes from Mary Robinson, the former President of Ireland. ...

With social media swamped by climate emergency denial, the issue has been sidetracked into divisiveness and the chances of saving the planet are diminishing week by week, month by month and year by year ✍️Martin Shipton

How can local authorities in Wales shape better food systems? In partnership with @foodsensewales.bsky.social we have produced guidance for Welsh councils on how to use the policy levers they control to support more people.

Learn more: futuregenerations.wales/resources/fo...

Help raise £5000 to Monmouth Mayor's fund to help Monmouth residents affected by the devastating flood – JustGiving Crowdfunding Iʼm raising money to Monmouth Mayor's fund to help Monmouth residents affected by the devastating flood. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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What the world can learn from Wales Dr Luci Attala When I tell people at UNESCO that I’m from Wales, their eyes light up. There’s a genuine curiosity about this small country in their corridors. Wales is known to some for its castles an...

Wales may be small and enchanting - a land of castles, dragons, and sea-laced horizons - but its true magic lies in its mindset. Here, the future is not an abstract hope but a legal promise ✍️Dr Luci Attala @uwtsd.bsky.social nation.cymru/feature/what...

Well done to the team @cwmpas.bsky.social

COP30 talks as Amazon tree-felling blamed for River Wye pollution Campaigners warn of a "hidden link" between tree-felling in the Amazon rainforest and UK pollution.

Wales' Future Generations Commissioner Derek Walker has called for a "deforestation-free public sector" by 2028.

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Oh wow. How fancy!

There used to be benches here to sit down and take your shoes off before going into the changing rooms at my local swimming pool. Now there are just vending machines full of junk food. Is it any wonder we have an obesity crisis?

Nora Wieschede and Trevor Harwood, members of the Stroke Survivors bowling group at Hubberston and Hakin Community Centre, Milford Haven

The Future Generations Commissioner has called for a new  Community Right to Buy Bill, warning that much-loved pubs, parks, religious buildings, village halls & heritage buildings could be lost forever unless communities are given a fair chance to save them.
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Red Line Cymru: Why the Future Generations Act means Wales must do more for Gaza Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales This month, as schools reopened, it has been impossible not to think of Palestine, where it’s estimated that a classroom worth of Gaza’s childre...

A classroom worth of Gaza’s children being killed every day is a red line; the silencing by death of an estimated 189 journalists and media workers is a red line. All red lines have been crossed. People in Wales are making themselves heard ✍️Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Excellent to see Golley Slater become employee owned with support from @cwmpas.bsky.social @socialbizwales.bsky.social

CM Devendra Fadnavis sanctions 10 crore for youth policy, adds opposition members to panel - The Times of India The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...

Nice to see Wales's Well-being of Future Generations Act get a mention in The Times Of India. It follows a study visit by senior politicians from Maharashtra to University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

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Statement 🧵
🗣️ @derek-walker.bsky.social - “Wales is a recycling nation, second-best in the world. But we’re still using the Earth’s resources faster than they can be replenished..." Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Since my time at Cwmpas, I have followed the story of Car-Y-Mor, a regenerative sea farm in Pembrokeshire. To take them to the next stage of development, they are now looking for investors via a community share offer, which they have asked me to share.

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