Our Future Agenda Quarterly
2024 Reflections, 2025 Resolutions: A Generational Agenda
Designed to offer crisp, thought-provoking policy insights to readers, with more in-depth content for those wishing to delve deeper. Our mission is to amplify the voices of the next generation, bridging the gap between youthful innovators and global policymaking.
As we step into 2025, a year brimming with promise and urgency, Our Future Agenda Quarterly Magazine invites you to explore the big questions shaping our shared future.
If 2024 was the year of waking up, 2025 is the year of showing up: for our planet, for each other, and for the generations yet to come.
We’re living in a world at a crossroads. From climate breakdown to a fractured global order, the challenges before us are immense. But here’s the thing: the answers lie within our current generation—young people rewriting the rules, bold leaders taking risks, and communities daring to dream bigger. With the adoption of intergenerational frameworks like the Pact for the Future, the stakes have never been higher—or more exciting. This year isn’t just about promises; it’s about holding ourselves accountable and delivering real change.
In this final edition of the year, we’ve packed in everything you need to make sense of 2025’s most pressing issues. From the climate conversations upcoming in COP30 in Brazil to the critical reckoning with AI governance at the AI for Good Global Summit and gender equality at Beijing+30, we bring you a front-row seat to the events and ideas that will shape the future. You’ll meet changemakers pushing boundaries, artists reshaping narratives, and communities proving that even in chaos, connection across generations is our greatest strength.
As we navigate 2025, let’s carry forward the lessons, inspiration, and urgency of the past year. This edition of Our Future Agenda Quarterly is your compass for navigating a year where the world’s most pressing challenges collide with bold, transformative solutions—powered by young voices and intergenerational action. Together, let’s embrace the trends, confront the challenges, and celebrate the triumphs ahead with clear vision, courage, and unwavering resolve to turn aspirations into meaningful action for next and future generations.
— Harshani Dharmadasa, Senior Director, Global Partnerships and Initiatives, United Nations Foundation
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