Wales has the right idea with their Future Generations Commissioner. Not only did we see their First Minister Mark Drakeford tear strips off a Tory over the mess their party has made of lives across the UK this week but this wee Celtic nation is also ahead of the game on making sure today’s policies will protect the wellbeing of future citizens.
It’s exactly the kind of thinking we need when the choices made in the next decade will decide the future of humanity.
I’m not catastrophising here and people can bury their heads in the sand all they want, but if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels and do everything we can to protect the biodiversity of this planet, an energy crisis will look like a walk in the park for future generations.
