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Shaping the Eco-Social Contract: Perspectives on Just Energy Transitions from Around the World

GEC and UNRISD

Feb 21, 2023

Shaping the Eco-Social Contract: Perspectives on Just Energy Transitions from Around the World

22 Feb 2023 A basic principle of the just transition toward ecologically and economically sustainable societies is the need to address...

Re-negotiate: A New Social Contract in an Age of Crises

GEC and UNRISD

Jan 20, 2023

ACTIVITY

Re-negotiate: A New Social Contract in an Age of Crises

20 Jan 2023 Despite thirty years of desperate warnings from scientists and civil society, we have so far failed to address the looming...

Dismantling the Ecological Divide: Toward a New Eco-Social Contract

Najma Mohamed and Patrick Huntjens

Jan 18, 2023

ISSUE BRIEF

Dismantling the Ecological Divide: Toward a New Eco-Social Contract

Without nature our economies cannot function, and our societies cannot survive.

Evaluating Existing Transformations: The Case for a Just Energy Transition

Carlos Villaseñor

Dec 14, 2022

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Evaluating Existing Transformations: The Case for a Just Energy Transition

In the search for a new eco-social contract, we must not ignore the state of current global efforts to achieve a just energy transition.

Towards a New Eco-Social Contract: The Case of Nepal and Chile

GEC and UNRISD

Nov 28, 2022

ACTIVITY

Towards a New Eco-Social Contract: The Case of Nepal and Chile

29 Nov 2022, 14:00 - 15:15 CEST At the core of any social contract—that is, the implicit understandings and agreements between citizens...

Towards an Eco-Social Contract in Nepal: The Role of Rights-Based Civil Society Activism

Alina Saba and Gabriele Koehler

Aug 29, 2022

ISSUE BRIEF

Towards an Eco-Social Contract in Nepal: The Role of Rights-Based Civil Society Activism

This thematic brief examines the history of some of Nepal’s major policy changes since the country’s emergence from a civil conflict in 2006

Mobilizing Research and Action for a New Eco-Social Contract

GEC and UNRISD

Jun 28, 2022

ACTIVITY

Mobilizing Research and Action for a New Eco-Social Contract

29 June 2022, 14:00 CEST Addressing Historical Injustices from Indigenous Perspectives for New Eco-Social Contracts—Keynote Speech by...

Going Beyond the Social: Communitarian Imaginaries as Inspirations for Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract?

Manisha Desai

Apr 12, 2022

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Going Beyond the Social: Communitarian Imaginaries as Inspirations for Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract?

This brief explores three communitarian imaginaries, or world views, as potential inspirations for a new eco-social contract.

Putting Women at the Centre of Sustainable Development: Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract

ElsaMarie D'Silva

Mar 28, 2022

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Putting Women at the Centre of Sustainable Development: Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract

The time is now to put women at the centre of development not only because it is sustainable, but it is the right thing to do.

Un defensor para el pueblo: el potencial del ombudsperson energético

Carlos Villaseñor

Mar 7, 2022

BLOG

Un defensor para el pueblo: el potencial del ombudsperson energético

Esta contribución se publica como parte de la serie de artículos de reflexión, The Time is Now! Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for...

GEC and UNRISD

Feb 21, 2022

ACTIVITY

Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract

22 Feb 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 CET This webinar, the first in a series organized by the Global Research and Action Network for a New...

Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for Just and Green Recovery from COVID-19 -An Official Side Event of the 60th Commission for Social Development

GEC and UNRISD

Feb 7, 2022

ACTIVITY

Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for Just and Green Recovery from COVID-19 -An Official Side Event of the 60th Commission for Social Development

8 Feb 2022, 16:00-17:15 CET In this side event, proposed jointly by Finland and UNRISD, we will explore how to build solidarity between...

Network Launch - How Do We Want To Live Well Together? A New Eco-Social Contract

GEC and UNRISD

Nov 10, 2021

ACTIVITY

Network Launch - How Do We Want To Live Well Together? A New Eco-Social Contract

10 Nov 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 CET UNRISD, together with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), is proud to announce the launch of a new...