Permanent Representation for Future Generations 

With funding from the European Climate Foundation, JESC is developing a potential campaign for the establishment of a permanent Representation of Future Generations (FGR) in the EU institutional framework. 

FGR would be an institution with soft and hard legal powers to influence the discourse and decision making process in Brussels in favor of the future generations – primarily aiming at climate policies. There are multiple possible blueprints for such an institution. This institution will be built on the lessons learned from climate lawsuits across the globe and its task will be to enhance the efficiency of climate-related law-enforcement across the EU.  

The responsibility of FGR is to find and expose systematic (climate-related) shortcomings of policies in the body of European law. FGR is taking a long-term and holistic view in policy debates, and represents a perspective that focuses on the interests of our grandchildren. It is fighting for policies that preserve the natural resources that are necessary for a decent life in any cultural context. 

The Project 

In 2023 JESC is doing an extensive consultation with experts and potential partners, exploring the legal avenues that would lead them to this goal and envisioning the communications campaign that is necessary to lobby successfully. 

JESC will organize 4 in person meetings and many consultations and will deliver a feasibility study and likely a project plan for the implementation of this plan.

Read more about it here. 

Picture: credit: Markus Spiske