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Publications from the 2025-2026 term of GFCs

2025 End-of-Year Insights

2025 Insights

2025 End-of-Year Insights from the GFC Network

This document collects the insights published thus far from the 37 councils in the Network in the 2025-2026 GFC term. This collection of insights aims to facilitate further cross-council collaboration and captures how councils have advanced the exchange of ideas across sectors and disciplines, making sense of global challenges. It is also intended to inform Centre and partners’ strategy development by offering insights into critical topics and trends.

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GFC impact Stories

The GFC impact stories is more than a showcase of projects, it is a powerful reflection of what happens when diverse experts come together to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. This document invites you to journey through the evolution of that process: from early insights and experimentation to the development of frameworks and partnerships, and finally to real-world initiatives that are positively contributing to industries, communities and global agendas. 

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Forum Agenda

Why climate solutions need energy, water and infrastructure to scale
Climate Action and Waste Reduction...
Why climate solutions need energy, water and infrastructure to scale
Why the retirement wave could be government’s AI moment
Jobs and the Future of Work...
Why the retirement wave could be government’s AI moment
The hybrid boardroom: How AI is changing the role of directors
Artificial Intelligence...
The hybrid boardroom: How AI is changing the role of directors
What does the energy shock mean for Thailand? 4 questions for Thailand's energy minister
Energy Transition...
What does the energy shock mean for Thailand? 4 questions for Thailand's energy minister
Why South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis is also a water, energy and food crisis
Food...
Why South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis is also a water, energy and food crisis
From port to soil: Who gets to be resilient?
Resilience...
From port to soil: Who gets to be resilient?
Gulf nation ports deliver water, energy and food. What happens when they close?
Geo-Economics and Politics...
Gulf nation ports deliver water, energy and food. What happens when they close?
Zero-click government: Why it’s time to rethink when and how the state acts
Digital Trust and Safety...
Zero-click government: Why it’s time to rethink when and how the state acts

Publications from the 2023-2024 term of GFCs

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND VALUE CHAINS

Beyond Cost: Country Readiness for the Future of Manufacturing and Supply Chains

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI Value Alignment: Guiding Artificial Intelligence Towards Shared Human Goals

CARE ECONOMY

The future of Care Economy

CITIES

Reshaping affordability: interventions for inclusive  and livable cities

CLEAN AIR

Clean Air Actions in Cities

CLEAN AIR

Black Carbon Reduction:  A Rapid Action Plan

COMPLEX RISKS

Complex risks in the changing world

CYBERSECURITY

Navigating Cyber Resilience in the Age of Emerging Technologies: Collaborative Solutions for Complex Challenges

DATA EQUITY

Advancing Data Equity: An Action-Oriented Framework

DATA EQUITY

Data Equity: Foundational Concepts for Generative AI

DATA EQUITY

Data Equity Definition

ECONOMICS OF EQUITABLE TRANSITION

Accelerating an Equitable Transition: A Data-Driven Approach

ECONOMICS OF EQUITABLE TRANSITION

Accelerating an Equitable Transition: Policy Guidelines for Impact 

ENERGY TRANSITION

Better Community Engagement for a Just Energy Transition: A C-Suite Guide

ENERGY TRANSITION

Energy Transition and Geopolitics: Are Critical Minerals the New Oil?

ENERGY TRANSITION

Mining and Metals: Trends, Challenges and the Way Forward

ENERGY TRANSITION

Building Trust through an Equitable and Inclusive Energy Transition

FOOD AND WATER

Food and Water Systems in the Intelligent Age

FOOD AND WATER

Mainstreaming Food Innovation: A Roadmap for Stakeholders

GROWTH

The Future of Growth Report 2024

JOB CREATION

Realizing the Potential of Global Digital Jobs

JOB CREATION

Leveraging Generative AI for Job Augmentation and Workforce Productivity: Scenarios, Case Studies, and a Framework for Action

JOB CREATION

Leveraging Technology Investment for Good Job Creation in Middle-Income Countries

JOB CREATION

Unlocking Opportunity: A Global Framework for Enabling Transitions to the Jobs of Tomorrow

JOB CREATION

Key Issues Shaping and Driving Global Job Creation

GEOPOLITICS

Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World

PHILANTHROPY FOR CLIMATE AND NATURE

Catalysing Climate Action in Asia: Unlocking the Power of Philanthropic-Public-Private Partnerships

QUANTUM ECONOMY

Quantum Economy Blueprint

QUANTUM ECONOMY

Quantum Security for the Financial Sector: Informing Global Regulatory Approaches

RESPONSIBLE INVESTING

Responsible Investment: Definitions and Taxonomies

SPACE

Space Situational Awareness Data and Information Sharing Principles

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Synthetic Biology, so what?

TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Technology Policy: Responsible Design for a Flourishing World


TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Emissions Measurement in Supply Chains: Business Realities and Challenges

Network-wide

The G20 Digital Agenda: Cross-Presidency Priorities

Network-wide

Geopolitical Rivalry and Business: 10 Recommendations for Policy Design

Annual Reports

Network of Global Future Councils 2020-2022
Network of Global Future Councils 2019-2020
Network of Global Future Councils 2018-2019
Network of Global Future Councils 2016-2018

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