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30 interconnected, mutually reinforcing goals across five interdependent domains — a systems-thinking framework for building regenerative civilization.
The psychological and cultural prerequisites of a regenerative civilisation
Long-term societal resilience requires guaranteeing conditions for optimal physical, emotional, cognitive and relational maturation. Holistic psychological development, secure attachment, healthy neurological conditions.
Structural violence and intergenerational wounds actively sabotage peacebuilding. Embedding trauma awareness into public policy, healthcare and justice systems.
The IDG framework institutionalises 23 core skills into global education and corporate training systems: Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, Acting.
Public-sector and corporate leadership must be evaluated based on vertical development, cultivating leaders who operate from post-conventional, regenerative action logics.
The spread of algorithmic bias, automated disinformation and synthetic media threatens collective intelligence and democratic viability.
Systemic transformation is preceded by cultural transformation. Active movement away from extractive consumption and hyperindividualism toward responsibility and pluriversal worldviews.
Destigmatising psychological suffering and making professional mental health support widely accessible.
Guaranteeing a non-violent, safe and nurturing environment for every child that enables their full potential to unfold.
Protecting the world's diverse languages, wisdom traditions and cultural expressions as humanity's irreplaceable shared legacy.
Active, net-positive rehabilitation of the planet's life-support systems
Going beyond simple emissions reduction: massive atmospheric carbon drawdown and radical adaptive capacity. Deep climate variability is already locked into the Earth system.
Scaled, net-positive regeneration of terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Creation of continental-scale ecological corridors.
Full transition from industrial, chemical-intensive agriculture to agroecological, perennial and soil-regenerating food systems.
Shifting water management from siloed urban utility regulation toward holistic watershed stewardship.
Economic and political decision-making aligned with natural bioregions (watersheds, mountain ranges) rather than artificial political boundaries.
Understanding human settlements as active, functional components within the wider ecosystem. Cities must be designed to restore the natural environment of their hinterlands.
Ensuring universal access to safe drinking water — a prerequisite for health, dignity and human security.
Respecting the life and dignity of all sentient beings and eliminating unnecessary suffering in human-animal relations.
Decoupling human wellbeing from bio-physical throughput
Guaranteeing absolute baseline security — access to clean water, housing, healthcare, energy and education — as an unconditional human right.
Shifting from the industrial linear "take-make-dispose" model to mandatory, systemic circularity. Full internalisation of all ecological and social costs into market prices.
Replacing the simple metric of aggregate job creation with focus on the quality, dignity and purpose of livelihoods. Economic democracy and fair income distribution.
Adopting "regenerative engineering" principles for every civil, structural and digital project. Infrastructure must achieve net-positive impact.
Advanced technology governed as a critical part of the social commons. Aligning biotechnology, artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure with human dignity.
Accelerating the transition to zero-carbon energy through mandatory expansion of decentralised microgrids and community-owned renewable networks.
Upgrading the operating system of human coordination, policy and justice
Strengthening the rule of law and restoring broken public institutional trust through radical transparency and anti-corruption guarantees.
Operationalising Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom's principles for managing the commons. Decentralising power through subsidiarity.
Addressing the deeper causes of social marginalisation by dismantling systemic inequalities along lines of gender, race, geography and social origin.
Transcending militarised security models by foregrounding restorative justice, community mediation and systemic de-escalation.
Defining critical scientific knowledge, environmental data and technological innovations as non-exclusive public goods.
Introducing robust "anticipatory governance" models across all levels of the public sector. Requiring institutions to shift toward flexible, adaptive policy pathways.
Celebrating the plurality of human identities, backgrounds and ways of life as a source of collective resilience and creativity.
Strengthening the social fabric and adaptive capacity of local communities to sustain collective wellbeing under disruption.
Extending civilisational governance from decades to centuries
Integrating global catastrophic risk (GCR) reduction into development frameworks. Coordinated global protocols for risks from AI, synthetic bioweapons and nuclear proliferation.
Legal institutionalisation of the rights and systemic representation of future generations. Decade-long impact assessments for all public-institution decisions, modelled on the Welsh Future Generations Act.
Integrated satellite and field monitoring networks capable of identifying non-linear tipping points in both Earth systems and social systems.
Categorically replacing GDP as the primary indicator of national success with comprehensive dashboards measuring structural vulnerability, ecological integrity and human developmental maturity.
Exiting the fossil, hyper-extractive era requires coordinated, gradual and conscious macroeconomic and cultural descent.
The ultimate north star of the RDG framework: humanity's shift from dominance and separateness toward interconnectedness and symbiosis.
Respecting the physical and emotional needs of older people and supporting their active participation in society.
Building meaningful bonds and mutual support between younger and older generations for a cohesive, forward-looking society.
Building the capacity of communities to anticipate, respond to and recover from natural and human-caused crises.
Practical tools and methodologies within the RDGs
Design and implementation of sustainable agricultural and lifestyle systems.
Design and implementation of energy-efficient, ecosystem-friendly built environments.
Communication culture deepening and human connection at local and global levels.
Strengthening local economic activity and money circulation, increasing community self-sufficiency and reducing local vulnerability to global capital forces.
Supporting lifelong learning that develops critical thinking and creativity.
An integrated approach to holistic health — physical, mental, spiritual and community wellbeing. Prevention-focused, nature-centred and accessible healthcare.
Seeking deep meaning in life and the experience of interconnectedness.
Accelerating the transition to solar, wind, hydro and other renewable energy sources.