22. Representation of Future Generations in United Kingdom Policy-Making

Concerned with the issues of intergenerational justice which arise from global existential risks, this chapter presents a solution-based approach by examining the options for representing future generations in our present policy making structures. Utilising a range of case studies, the authors put forth a series of lessons and recommendations that can be applied to UK policy-making, describing not only changes to be made at policy level, but also at an institutional level. The authors call for the monitoring of future legislation and its effect on future generations, and a more general awareness of intergenerational inequality issues.