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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- National Case Studies
- 18 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The Former Israeli Commission for Future Generations
- 19 Norway: Norwegian Ombudsman for Children
- 20 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The German Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development
- 21 Power over Coming Generations: Committee for the Future in the Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland
- 22 Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
- 23 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand
- 24 Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- 25 Intergenerational Equity, Peace, and Transitional Justice in Colombia
- 26 Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Equity in Mexico
- 27 Legal Innovations for Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Landscapes Management of Democratic Republic of Congo
- 28 Local Indigenous Planning Instruments for Intergenerational Equity in Ahousaht Traditional Territories of Canada
- Comparative Insights
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
22 - Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2021
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- National Case Studies
- 18 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The Former Israeli Commission for Future Generations
- 19 Norway: Norwegian Ombudsman for Children
- 20 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The German Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development
- 21 Power over Coming Generations: Committee for the Future in the Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland
- 22 Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
- 23 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand
- 24 Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- 25 Intergenerational Equity, Peace, and Transitional Justice in Colombia
- 26 Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Equity in Mexico
- 27 Legal Innovations for Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Landscapes Management of Democratic Republic of Congo
- 28 Local Indigenous Planning Instruments for Intergenerational Equity in Ahousaht Traditional Territories of Canada
- Comparative Insights
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
Summary
This chapter explores Wales’ sustainable development journey from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 to the groundbreaking legislation given Royal Assent in 2015 – The Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015 (FGA). This legislation places a legal duty on the Welsh public sector to maximise its contribution to sustainable development. It also establishes a Commissioner for Future Generations and a Commissioner’s Office, innovations which will hold the public sector to account on its approach to sustainable development.
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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty ImplementationAdvancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions, pp. 411 - 433Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021