Long-termism

About Long-termism

Investing in our future: Is time the most potent prism for climate action?

Current economic paradigms of growth and industrialisation need to move towards circular and natural capital. Central to shifts towards long-term thinking is understanding how society values time. To achieve such a fundamental shift will require systemic interventions which cannot be reached through one avenue alone but through a collective effort. Moreover, systemic impact can only be realised through a holistic and long-term approach within our social systems.

Together with a cohort of expert partners that form the Long Alliance, our approach focuses on five areas of action. By combining these areas we can leverage the systemic impact towards more long-term oriented behaviours, mindsets and actions:

• Exploring new types of governance and rule-setting to redesign institutional structures
• Empowering individuals in decision making through data transparency and capability building
• Harnessing the power of collective movements to democratise rulemaking
• Working with social and cultural narratives through exploring alternative concepts of time
• Redefining notions of value using frontier technological prototypes

Find out more about our work in the stories below. If you are interested in becoming a challenge owner, partner or funder, contact us at grants@climate-kic.org

Stories

EIT Climate-KIC | 2 June 2022 A systems perspective is key to tackling the health effects of pollution

A systems perspective is key to tackling the health effects of pollution

EIT Climate-KIC | 22 April 2022 What would climate policies look like if they mirrored the COVID-19 response?

What would climate policies look like if they mirrored the COVID-19 response?

EIT Climate-KIC | 17 February 2022 Go long: The case for investing in long-termism

Go long: The case for investing in long-termism

EIT Climate-KIC | 16 February 2022 Panel envisions what a long-termist economy could look like and how to get there

Panel envisions what a long-termist economy could look like and how to get there

EIT Climate-KIC | 17 September 2021 1in1000 to show what financial ‘long-termism’ means in practice with metrics, tools and policies

1in1000 to show what financial ‘long-termism’ means in practice with metrics, tools and policies

Bea Karol Burks and Ella Saltmarshe | The Long Time Project | August 2020 The Long Time Tools

The Long Time Tools

EIT Climate-KIC | 22 May 2020 Reassessing our values in the ‘new normal’

Reassessing our values in the ‘new normal’

University of Turku | April 2020 Future literacy insights as input for long-termism

Future literacy insights as input for long-termism

EIT Climate-KIC | 7 April 2020 Exploring frontiers in sustainability

Exploring frontiers in sustainability

Dark Matter Labs | February 2020 Futures in Long-termism

Futures in Long-termism

BBC | 24 January 2020 Short film: Do we need to re-think our ideas of time?

Short film: Do we need to re-think our ideas of time?

EIT Climate-KIC | 12 December 2019 Interview about Futures Literacy with Riel Miller, Head of Foresight at UNESCO

Interview about Futures Literacy with Riel Miller, Head of Foresight at UNESCO

EIT Climate-KIC | June 2019 Investing in our future: Is time the most potent prism for climate action?

Investing in our future: Is time the most potent prism for climate action?

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