The Future We Build
2100 Learning Agenda
The 2100 Learning Agenda is a youth-led report launched by the Next Generation Fellows as part of the UN Summit of the Future mobilization in 2024. It serves as a foundational input to the Road to 2100 – a global vision and movement leading up to the final SDG Summit in 2027.
This Learning Agenda is the product of one of the largest youth engagement efforts ever led by the UN Foundation, reaching nearly 2 million young people across the globe. Developed with support from the Engine Room for the Future – a platform for youth-led innovation and intergenerational dialogue – it reflects insights gathered through youth -led surveys, foresight workshops, collaborative research, and intergenerational town halls in more than 20 countries.
The Learning Agenda responds to a pivotal demographic shift: by 2100, most of the world’s population will live in today’s young countries, where over 50% of people are under the age of 30. Recognizing this, the report centers young people and their countries as key drivers of global progress.
Structured around the “5Ps” of sustainable development – People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships – the Agenda raises strategic questions about the future, including:
- How can we close the gender gap?
- What systems must we reimagine to survive climate and tech disruption?
- What does meaningful youth leadership in global governance look like?
Far from being static, the 2100 Learning Agenda is a living framework, designed to evolve through continued youth consultation and global dialogue through the Engine Room leading up to the final SDG Summit in 2027. It will guide the work of the 2100 Visionaries Taskforce and shape the 2100 Roadmap, ensuring that global cooperation doesn’t stop at 2030, but extends through the century – with young people and young countries leading the way.
