Three futures. Three demands. One sector that cannot afford to guess wrong. This report stress-tests Civil Society against stagnation, progress, and rupture — and finds that in every future, the world needs more from us, not less.

The window is closing. Path dependencies are forming. Somewhere between the model that hallucinates and the one that doesn't, between the climate deadline and the governance vacuum, the foundation of the next fifty years is being poured. Civil Society has not been on site. It needs to be.

Built on the Oxford Scenario Planning Approach and grounded in narrative futures set in England, Kenya, and Singapore, this is the strategic case for building new capabilities now — before the foundation sets.

Three Maps to 2038

AI Scenarios to Sharpen Civil Society's Strategic Capabilities

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