The government have announced that tuition fees will rise with inflation each year from 2025/26. IF Researcher, Toby Whelton, explains what this will mean for incoming university students.
Category: Future Generations
Who is paying for Britain’s nuclear revival?
In this article, IF volunteer Sol Woodroffe, considers the intergenerational fairness of the government’s financing models for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C.
Intergenerational fairness and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
IF researcher, Toby Whelton, explores what the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill could mean for intergenerational fairness.
Intergenerational Fairness Day: what can future generations do for us? A reflection from the Netherlands
As part of our series of articles around Intergenerational Fairness Day, Vidya Giridharan and Michael Münker, of milliongenerations.org in the Netherlands reflect on what future generations can do for us
Welcome to Intergenerational Fairness Day 2024 and the view from the UK
It’s the world’s second international Intergenerational Fairness Day on the 16 November. Organisations from across the globe will come together to call on their respective governments to better consider the interests of younger and future generations as well as report on developments in their respective countries. IF Researcher, Toby Whelton, introduces the participating organisations and… Read more »
IF July newsletter – a new time for intergenerational fairness?
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Intergenerational fairness win for young in Montana
Sylvan Lutz IF Researcher discusses the ruling in Montana that found the government’s failure to account for greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel development harms young people and violates their right to a “clean and healthful environment.” This is an important paradigm shift in how we think about the relationship between environmental health and the… Read more »
Plastics pollution and intergenerational fairness
Eight years after the Paris Climate Agreement, an initial round of negotiations over a legally binding international treaty on plastics pollution concluded last week. Following these new talks in Paris IF Researcher, Sylvan Lutz, highlights the intergenerational dangers posed by plastics.
Peak population – the burden to come
Global population slowing and ageing, low economic growth, high taxation and the grey vote. IF supporter, Philip Yorke, explores the many drivers holding back young people in the UK.
A long view can help humanity
Richard Fisher, a senior journalist at BBC Global News, explains the motivation behind his book, “The Long View”, which has just been published.