by kultur.work | Feb 16, 2017
March 22nd 2017 is World Water Day. 400 international thought leaders will meet to launch WATERSHED – “a global conversation that will help shift how the world values and understands its single most precious resource: water”. The event which includes...
by kultur.work | Feb 16, 2017
Government decision making is often short term, failing to account for the impact on future generations. In policy areas such as climate change, social care, infrastructure and pensions, long-term considerations are often overlooked as short-term political...
by kultur.work | Feb 16, 2017
© Ferenc Cakó’s sand animation performance at the BWS 2016: Water Connects The theme of the Budapest Water Summit 2016 was that Water Connects across all aspects of sustainable development and across geographies. But to ensure against future conflict and...
by Dimple Roy | Feb 16, 2017 | News and Comment
Dimple Roy is Director, Water, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). When it comes to safeguarding the future of our natural habitats, natural resources, livelihoods, and economies for future generations, we now have the guidance of the...
by kultur.work | Feb 15, 2017
It is increasingly argued that involving stakeholders and the wider public in planning and decision making leads to more effective environmental governance. But the impact of such participatory planning in practice remains unclear. In this report, the authors compare...
by kultur.work | Feb 6, 2017
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the worlds ‘to do’ list for the next 13 years. Each of the Global Goals is extraordinarily important, and taken together, present the education sector with a potent agenda of unprecedented scope and significance. The 2017...
by kultur.work | Feb 6, 2017
You are invited to participate in Sustainable Earth 2017 – a global forum for connecting research with action taking place on 29 and 30 June 2017 at Plymouth University. The University is inviting papers from the academic community on sustainability research and also...
by Graham Smith | Feb 5, 2017 | News and Comment
The Urban Heat project has released its final report highlighting the distinctive and largely untapped potential of the local voluntary and community group sector (VCS) in the developm ent of local climate resilience and emergency response. On the basis of three local...
by kultur.work | Jan 9, 2017
With many wondering what 2017 has in store for the global climate movement, the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group is organising an event to reflect on how best to focus our energies and efforts in 2017. The public session is chaired by chaired by Caroline...
by kultur.work | Dec 1, 2016
Sustainability in turbulent times: How can research, policy and business meet global challenges?’ Conference, Thursday 16 March 2017, London These are turbulent times in which to advance sustainable development. Join 350 professionals from academia, policy, business...
by Graham Smith | Nov 26, 2016 | News and Comment
Early in November, the House of Common’s Environmental Audit Committee produced a damning report on the Treasury’s influence on sustainability policy in the UK. The Audit Committee was able to marshal considerable evidence that “the Treasury has ridden roughshod over...
by Graham Smith | Nov 4, 2016 | News and Comment
Part of the Artwork Tulevaisuus (Future), Väinö Aaltonen (1932) To mark her retirement as the Counsel for the Committee for the Future in the Finish Parliament, Paula Tiihonen brought together a group of significant thinkers and doers for an international seminar on...
by Graham Smith | Nov 4, 2016 | News and Comment
This week we have seen the UK government lose twice in the courts – once on air pollution and then on Article 50 to formally start the Brexit process. While there are voices questioning why in a democracy the courts should be able to overturn government...
by kultur.work | Oct 5, 2016 | News and Comment
The acute storms in the UK during the winter of 2013/14 and 2015/16 have revealed a problem that is now understood to be chronic: with climate change materialising more forcefully, severe flooding will become part of life for many communities across the UK....
by kultur.work | Oct 1, 2016
Call for papers Papers are invited for a symposium on climate change communications, to be held in Manchester from 22-24 February 2017. Organised by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University and the International Climate Change...
by kultur.work | Aug 30, 2016 | News and Comment
On 25 September 2016, the Swiss electorate will vote on the popular initiative: ‘For a sustainable and resource-efficient economy (Green Economy)’. The successful adoption of the initiative will oblige the confederation, cantons and communes to ensure that the Swiss...
by kultur.work | Aug 10, 2016 | News and Comment
“Brexit means Brexit,” said Theresa May in one of her first public statements as Prime Minister. But what does that mean – for agriculture, fisheries, the environment and climate change in the UK? These were the leading questions in a recent study by Dr Charlotte...
by Emily Auckland | Jul 22, 2016 | News and Comment
One month on and questions are still being asked about how we got here. The only thing that’s clear, it seems, is that Brexit suggests a deep division between inward- and outward-facing worldviews: control our borders and attempt to reduce the strain on our...
by kultur.work | Jun 3, 2016
On 23rd May representatives of cities, organisations, and citizens concerned about sustainable development and the future of our urban areas have been invited to endorse The Basque Declaration. This builds on the Aalborg Charter (1994) and the Aalborg Commitments...
by kultur.work | May 21, 2016 | News and Comment
Whether it’s direct or indirect, climate change will have an impact on public health. A recent report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Economics Foundation reviews current local strategies by public health institutions to address climate change. In...
