Sophie Howe: The world’s first Future Generations Commissioner

With a remit set out in law to be “the guardian of the interests of future generations in Wales”, Sophie Howe is the world’s only Future Generations Commissioner. At COP26 she discusses how her interventions have secured fundamental changes to land use plannin Sophie Howe: The world’s first Future Generations Commissioner

Monday, 8 November 2021 | By Charlotte Owen-Burge

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