SDG's 2030

Exploring the Future: Sustainable Development Goals and Foresight Thinking with Cat Tully

 

In this episode of the Project Good Podcast, host Annmarie Hylton interviews Cat Tully, founder of the School of International Futures (SOIF). The discussion focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, their current progress, and the challenges ahead. Tully shares insights on futures and foresight thinking, the importance of intergenerational collaboration, and the need for systemic changes to address complex global issues. They explore the relevance of the SDGs in today's turbulent world and discuss how future thinking can inspire positive change at local, national, and global levels. Listeners are encouraged to get involved and become active participants in shaping a better future.

 

00:00 Introduction to Project Good Podcast

00:27 Understanding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

01:27 Meet Our Esteemed Guest: Cat Tully

02:56 The Importance of Futures Thinking

21:28 Exploring Intergenerational Connections

26:00 The Role of Local Communities in Achieving SDGs

36:32 Global Political Shifts and Their Impact

44:56 Inspiring Projects and Final Thoughts

50:54 Conclusion and Call to Action

 

Guest Bio:

Cat Zuzarte Tully leads the School of International Futures (SOIF), a not-for-profit international collective of practitioners based in the UK who use futures thinking to inspire change at the local, national and global levels. SOIF has worked with organisations like the UN, Omidyar, NATO, the Royal Society and national governments to make the world fairer for current and future generations.  SOIF also supports a growing network of Next Generation Foresight Practitioners.

Previously, Cat served as Strategy Project Director at the UK Foreign Office and as Policy Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. She is a non-resident fellow at the US Government Accountability Office’s Center for Strategic Foresight and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Chilean Council of Foresight and Strategy.

Cat’s mission is to inspire individuals, communities, organisations and governments to reinvigorate democracy by designing, scaling and embedding a range of innovations incorporating thinking about the future.

 

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