Our digital economy reveals a simple truth: without intergenerational foresight, innovation loses balance, and we build systems that exhaust the young and exclude the old. Valentina Vellinho Nardin, Future50 Regional Coordinator, Porto, Portugal1 With foresight tools such as reinforcing and balancing loops and leverage points, we explored the future of education in Chile and the outlook for watershed governance across Latin America. Benjamín Sánchez Adam, Future50 Leader, Valparaíso, Chile2 If conﬂict, frontier technology, or climate and market shocks arrive ﬁrst in your region, you cannot afford to wait for evidence of damage, you have to see around corners. Zainab Azizi, Future50 Leader, Kabul, Afghanistan3 The future depends on how we communicate across time. Intergenerational foresight turns communication from storytelling into stewardship – ensuring that meaning, not noise, travels forward. Markus Kirchschlager, Future50 Leader, Munich, Germany4 Intergenerational foresight is our compass to nurture a talent economy that roots future generations in their own communities. Kassandra Muro, Future50 Leader, Guadalajara, Mexico8In Latin America, we’re learning that legitimacy is rebuilt when governance listens to the wisdom of elders, the innovation of youth, and the voice of nature itself. Jaime Aguilera, Future50 Leader, Bogota, Colombia5 Living in Turkey, where you don’t know if you can afford shoes next week because prices shift overnight, planning for 2075 seems absurd. But intergenerational foresight taught me something liberating: the future isn’t predetermined. We’re making it right now. Irem Bilir, Future50 Leader, Istanbul, Turkey6 We do not inherit the future, we co-craft it. When generations listen to each other, foresight becomes leadership. Stephen Gudha, Future50 Leader, Kisumu, Kenya7 Intergenerational fairness is key to climate action: foresight allows us to illuminate (known and previously unknown) pathways, while simultaneously building in the necessary conditions and milestones we need to ensure an equitable future. Pok Wei Heng, Future50 Leader, Auckland, New Zealand9 Growing up between different worlds taught me that no generation holds the full truth and no culture holds the only answer. Intergenerational foresight is the ability to design futures that every generation can belong to. Yujing Jin, Future50 Leader, Tianjin, China10 Intergenerational foresight practice connects the past, present and future, ensuring that the wisdom of yesterday informs the actions of today and safeguards the well-being of tomorrow. Andrew Banigo, Future50 Leader, Port Harcourt, Nigeria11When generations collaborate, the past informs the future, and the present paves the way. Shradha Pandey, Future50 Leader, Bengaluru, India13 Each generation inherits both a planet and a possibility. Intergenerational foresight is about ensuring that our choices today expand, not exhaust, the choices of those who follow. Gaurav Sharma, Future50 Leader, Jaipur, India14 Intergenerational foresight is not simply collaboration; it is the courageous, intentional transfer of stewardship. Tia Clay, Future50 Leader, Chicago, United States15 Intergenerational foresight asks us to redesign the systems that shape decisions and determine whose interests they serve. In South Asia, our task is to rewire incentives so that governance rewards long-term accountability instead of short-term endurance. Manpreet Dash, Future50 Leader, Bhubaneswar, India121 8 5 293 764 1015 11 12 13 14Feature: Making the case for intergenerational foresight Youth Pulse 2026: Insights from the next generation for a changing world 48