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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations is an informal cross-party group with the parliament of the United Kingdom.[1] Its role is to raise the profile of long-term issues, protect the interests of future generations, and provide a forum for discussion about ways to reduce short-termism in politics and policy making.

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The group officially launched in 2018, with the assistance of Martin Rees,[2] a member of the House of Lords, who has written extensively on the future of humanity and the potential dangers humanity might face.[3]

The group's secretariat is the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University.[4]

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  1. [1]
    "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 24 February 2020: Future Generations". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    Krznaric, Roman. "Why we need to reinvent democracy for the long-term". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. [3]
    Rees, Martin J. (16 October 2018). On the future : prospects for humanity. Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 9780691180441. OCLC 1028209978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. [4]
    "CSER supports new APPG". www.cser.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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