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given by Sophie Howe, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.

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Wales is a small but progressive country, the only country in the world to have legislated

to protect the interests of future generations, the only country to have appointed someone

independent to oversee this. Across the world, our systems of government, of politics, of

economics, have tended to act in the short term and often the decisions that are taken discount

the interests of future generations and the planet. But in Wales, we're trying to change that

by passing a law which requires not just our government, but all of our main public institutions to demonstrate

how they're acting for the long term and how the decisions they take don't harm the interests

of those yet to be born. And so as a mum of five and the world's only future generations commissioner,

I want to share with you today some of the lessons we've learned about how we're trying to leave

the world better than we've found it. First of all, you must involve people in setting long-term

goals. Ask them, what's the whales or the world you want to leave behind to your children and your

grandchildren? We held a national conversation, the whales we want, and people told us. We want

a low-carbon economy. We want

you to help us keep people well rather than just treat them when they're ill. We want connected

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