BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//STEPS Centre - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:STEPS Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://steps-centre.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for STEPS Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20140330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20141026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20140101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Atlantic/Azores BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:+00 DTSTART:20140330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:-0100 TZNAME:-01 DTSTART:20141026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:+00 DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:-0100 TZNAME:-01 DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:+00 DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:-0100 TZNAME:-01 DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150310T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150310T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150309T122226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220138Z UID:7111-1425990600-1425996000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Mission-Oriented Public Investments? DESCRIPTION:Mission-Oriented Public Investments? State Investment Banks & Picking-Winner Policies\n\nSpeakers: Mariana Mazzucato and Caetano Penna \nDiscussants: Martin Bell and Stephany Griffith-Jones \nThis event is jointly hosted by the STEPS Centre and IDS Business and Development Centre \n\nLive Streaming Tuesday 10 March 2015 12:30 to 14:00 \nRefreshments will be provided from 12:00 IDS Convening Space \n\nThis seminar focuses on the rise of state investment banks (SIBs) as lead funders of ‘mission-oriented’ innovation in various countries’ agendas regarding ‘smart’ (innovation-led) growth\, arguing that the market failure justification for public finance does not capture the increasingly active role that such banks are playing in shaping and creating markets. \nIt will also look at mission-oriented investments by other types of public funding agencies — sometimes branded as ‘picking winner’ policies—with a particular focus on the need for metrics to evaluate such investments in a way that captures the market shaping (vs. fixing) role of public investments. \nAbout the Speakers\nMariana Mazzucato is a Professor in the Economics of Innovation in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)\, University of Sussex. Her work focuses on the economics of innovation; finance and economic growth; and the role of the State in modern capitalism. She advises policy makers globally on how to achieve ‘smart’ – innovation led – and more inclusive economic growth. \nHer recent book\, The Entrepreneurial State: debunking private vs. public sector myths\, challenges the image of the lethargic\, regulating state versus the dynamic business sector\, showing how some of the most high risk and courageous investments that led to revolutions in IT\, biotechnology and nanotechnology\, were sparked by public sector institutions. She is winner of the New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy and in 2013 the New Republic called her one of the ‘3 most important thinkers about innovation’. \nCaetano C.R. Penna obtained his PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)\, University of Sussex\, in 2014; his MA in Technology Governance from the Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance\, TUT\, Estonia in 2009\, and his BA in Economics and Political Economy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2006. \nDr Penna was a Research Fellow in Finance and Innovation at SPRU until November 2014\, where he played a leading role in linking two research projects led by Professor Mariana Mazzucato (INET’s Financing Innovation and Ford Foundation’s Finance and The Entrepreneurial State). Together with Mazzucato\, he has developed the video project Rethinking the State. He is a founding partner of BabelTeam Internet Business Solutions\, and has previously worked at the Investor Relations department of Petrobras\, the Brazilian oil company. \nDiscussants\nMartin Bell\, an historian and economist\, is an Emeritus Professor at SPRU\, University of Sussex. His research has been concerned with processes of building industrial innovation capabilities in Asian\, Latin American and African economies. He focuses in particular on the roles of these capabilities in the long-term evolution of innovation systems in these countries\, and on the influence of those paths on both the structural diversification of their economies and their possible transitions towards more sustainable futures. \nStephanie Griffith Jones is an economist working on global capital flows\, with particular focus on flows to emerging markets\, macro-economic management of capital flows in Latin America\, Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa\, proposals for international measures to diminish volatility of capital flows and reduce the likelihood of currency crises\, analysis of national and international capital markets and international financial reform. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-mission-oriented-public-investments/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150317T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150317T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150311T162521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T220104Z UID:7135-1426597200-1426602600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:The inclusive turn of neoliberal conservation? Opportunities and threats of REDD+ in Tanzania DESCRIPTION:Seminar by STEPS visiting fellow Andreas Scheba \nThe rise of new markets\, or market-like instruments\, in the realm of nature conservation is a key feature of global discourse and strategies around the ‘green’ economy. Innovative ways of measuring\, valuing and trading nature have emerged that enjoy increasing support among public and private stakeholders. At the same time\, critical scholarship has warned against the problematic and contradictory logic of what they call ‘neoliberal conservation’\, raising valid questions of: How does pricing nature contribute to its protection? Who benefits from the new commodities? Who loses? What has politics got to do with it? \nThis seminar will investigate these questions in the context of REDD+ in Lindi\, Tanzania. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in two remote\, forest-dependent villages\, I will discuss how and why neoliberal conservation emerges and manifest itself in a deprived rural context; and what effects it has on forest governance\, rural livelihoods and conservation practice. \nThe role of discourse\, politics and power over forest resources will be critically examined\, both currently and in a historical perspective. The findings of my analysis will lead me to argue for an ‘inclusive’ turn in neoliberal conservation that offers both opportunities and challenges for sustainable democratic futures. \nAndreas Scheba is an Austrian born\, early-career researcher who recently completed his PhD in Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester. His doctoral thesis examined the politics and development effects of REDD+ in the Lindi region of Tanzania\, for which he conducted ethnographic research in two remote\, forest-dependent villages. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-inclusive-turn-of-neoliberal-conservation-opportunities-and-threats-of-redd-in-tanzania/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20141028T132112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215946Z UID:6721-1426770000-1426870800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Critical Perspectives on the Financialisation of Nature - Theory\, Politics and Practice DESCRIPTION:University of Sussex\, 19-20th March 2015 \nHosted by the Centre for Global Political Economy & STEPS Centre \nUpdate (2 March 2015): A public roundtable on this topic will be held in Brighton on 19 March\, with contributions from Melissa Leach\, Hannah Mowat\, Larry Lohman\, Antonio Tricarico and Bram Büscher.\n \nDownload the conference programme (PDF) \nCarbon markets in China\, fishery bycatch offsetting in Canada\, catastrophe bonds in the US\, weather derivatives in Ethiopia\, betting on species extinction such as Norwegian sharks… \nThese are just a few examples of the commodification\, marketisation and financialisation of nature. In what ways can we best make sense of these developments? What practical\, political and theoretical innovations will allow us to better understand them\, engage with them and contest them? \nWe invite participants from any discipline to a 1.5 day intensive workshop bringing together doctoral and early career researchers to discuss\, theorise and critically reflect on the practical and political implications of the commodification\, marketisation and financialisation of nature. Papers should focus on questions including (but not limited to): \n\nWhat are the challenges\, contradictions and limits that arise from the creation of these new forms of market-based environmental products and services?\nWhat are the new materialities and commodities of nature that are created through these novel forms of governance?\nHow do these processes change the way we relate to nature\, govern nature\, live in nature and indeed are governed by nature?\nHow does the marketisation or financialisation of nature relate to other forms of accumulation and the wider political economy?\nWhat kinds of (new) power relations are (re)produced through the making of environmental markets\, and what social and environmental justice issues are brought to light or develop in response to these (neoliberal?) phenomena?\n\nParticipants will be required to submit full papers in advance of the workshop and are expected to read each other’s work beforehand to enable in-depth engagement with one another’s arguments. The sessions will be chaired by academics working in the field who will also provide feedback on papers. Moreover\, the workshop will bring together activists and academics for a panel discussion\, reflecting on the interlinkages between activism and research on the financialisation of nature. \nSpeakers \nPresenters will include: \nConfirmed speakers \n\nProf James Fairhead (Chair in Social Anthropology\, University of Sussex)\nLarry Lohmann (The Corner House)\nHannah Mowat (FERN)\nProf Peter Newell (STEPS/Centre for Global Political Economy\, University of Sussex)\nProf Ian Scoones (STEPS/Institute of Development Studies)\n\nInvited speakers (tbc) \n\nJutta Kill\nProf John O’Neill\nCatherine Corson\n\nRegistration is free and food will be provided. We have some funding for accommodation and travel for a limited number of doctoral researchers. Details about applying for this funding will be sent out once abstracts have been selected. \nThis event is financially supported by Sussex University’s Doctoral School’s Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/critical-perspectives-financialisation-nature-theory-politics-practice/ LOCATION:University of Sussex\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150319T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150219T233052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215840Z UID:7047-1426784400-1426791600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Public Roundtable: Nature As Commodity DESCRIPTION:Download poster (PDF)\nFishery bycatch offsetting in Canada\, catastrophe bonds in the US\, weather derivatives in Ethiopia… What is at stake with the financialisation of nature? Where do we go from here? \nPanel: \n\nMelissa Leach (Director\, Institute of Development Studies)\nHannah Mowat (Fern\, Belgium)\nLarry Lohman (The Corner House)\nAntonio Tricarico (Re:Common\, Italy)\nBram Büscher (Wageningen University)\n\nThis public roundtable discussion is organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy\, University of Sussex and the STEPS Centre\, and financially supported by Sussex University’s Doctoral School’s Researcher-Led Initiative (RLI) fund. It is linked to a conference exploring critical perspectives on the financialisation of nature. \nAll welcome – free entry \nShare this event with others \n\nFacebook event page\nDownload a printable poster (PDF) URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/roundtable-nature-as-commodity/ LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Ship St\, Brighton\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Resource politics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150414T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20161111T165438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215601Z UID:7182-1429009200-1429016400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Innovation for Sustainability in a Changing China: Exploring Narratives and Pathways DESCRIPTION:Adrian Ely and Sam Geall\, STEPS Centre / SPRU\n14 April 2015 at 11am – 1pm\nVenue tbc \nChina is the global leader in renewable energy investment and has adopted ambitious targets for low carbon development. Given the environmental impacts of the country’s current development trajectories and China’s increasing role as a source of innovation \, progress towards these targets are of vital importance to the whole world. \nThis seminar will explore some of the key political narratives that have underpinned China’s policies in these areas\, and in wider debates around sustainable development. At the same time\, we outline emerging Chinese narratives around the concept of innovation\, and the ways these link to environmental objectives. Drawing on theoretical insights from work in the STEPS Centre (Leach et al 2010) that investigate the role of power in shaping narratives\, knowledge and action around specific ‘pathways to sustainability’\, we explore the ways in which dominant policy narratives in China are driving particular forms of innovation for sustainability\, and potentially occluding or constrainin g others. \nThis event is part of the Sussex China Seminar Series. Participants are asked to register in order to attend. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/innovation-for-sustainability-in-a-changing-china-exploring-narratives-and-pathways/ LOCATION:tbc CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars,Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150422 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150409T133819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T133819Z UID:11160-1429488000-1429660799@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:International Conference: Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China DESCRIPTION:The conference will be hosted by Beijing Normal University School of Social Development and Public Policy in partnership with the STEPS Centre and under the auspices of the Ministry of Education’s 2011 Cooperative Platform on Innovation\, Governance and Development. \nWith long-term partners around the world we are now establishing a Pathways to Sustainability global consortium\, with six regional sustainability hubs\, including one in China\, working with Beijing Normal University and other institutions. \nThis invitation-only conference will mark the launch of the China sustainability hub and provide a valuable opportunity for members of the STEPS Centre to share insights and experiences with colleagues from across China and other international partners. \nFind out more about the conference. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/bnuconference/ LOCATION:Room 2030\, Room 2030\, Beijing Normal University School of Public Policy and Management\, Beijing\, China ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150420T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20170125T165031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T165031Z UID:10622-1429516800-1429635600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China DESCRIPTION:The Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China conference marked the launch of the STEPS China Sustainability Hub\, and provided a valuable opportunity for STEPS Centre members\, colleagues from across China and international partners from our Global Consortium to share insights\, experiences and plans for future research and engagement. \n \nThe conference was hosted by Beijing Normal University School of Social Development and Public Policy in partnership with the STEPS Centre and under the auspices of the Ministry of Education’s 2011 Cooperative Platform on Innovation\, Governance and Development. \nFunding for this conference was provided by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through the Newton Fund. \n\n“变迁中的中国的可持续发展路径” 国际会议\n2015年4月20日—21日 \nSTEPS中心目前正致力于建立一个全球性的“可持续发展路径”研究联盟。作为这一行动中的一部分，我们与长期合作伙伴——北京师范大学——协作建立了北京可持续发展研究中心。 \n本次会议在教育部2011创新、治理与发展合作平台的支持下，由北京师范大学社会发展与公共政策学院和STEPS 研究中心合作主办。会议旨在从中国的视角探讨可持续发展路径，促进国际讨论。 \n本次国际会议将标志着北京可持续发展研究中心的正式启动，这也将为STEPS中心及其中国、国际合作伙伴提供宝贵的交流机会。 \n\nProgramme\n\nSTEPS-BNU Conference programme (PDF 168KB)\n\n We were delighted to have keynote speeches from Zhang Xiulan (Director\, BNU-SSDPP) and Melissa Leach (Director\, IDS; Former Director\, STEPS Centre). Sessions throughout the conference covered: \n\nInstitutional innovation and health reform in China\nSocial innovation in agriculture and natural resources\nAntimicrobial resistance\nLow Carbon Energy Transitions that Serve the Needs of the Poor\nFuture directions for seeds and agricultural development\nPoverty Reduction and Social Finance\nSustainable and equitable urban transformations\nEnvironment\, health and food safety\n\n\n \n Melissa Leach keynote at Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China conference. from STEPS Centre\nConference video\nWatch the keynote speeches by Melissa Leach and Zhang Xiulan embedded below. Scroll down for links to parallel presentations. \n \nLinks to specific presentations: \nKeynote talks\nMelissa Leach and Zhang Xiulan – Pathways to Sustainability in a changing China \nPanel talks\nInstitutional innovation and Health Reform in China\nLewis Husain: Institutional innovation and health reform in China \nLijie Fang: New direction in social policy of China: the interaction between social services and social organizations \nYue Xiao: MCH and Family planning service delivery in China \nSocial innovation in agriculture and natural resources\nAdrian Ely: Social innovation in agriculture and natural resources \nGongbuzeren: Tibetan pastoral institutional responses to a changing socio-ecological system in China \nJoel Houdet: A cost-benefit analysis of mining in Karamoja \nLow carbon energy transitions that serve the needs of the poor\nRob Byrne: Low carbon energy transitions that serve the needs of the poor \nYixin Dai: Wind and Solar as energy transition in China \nGiuseppina Siciliano: Large dams in Southeast Asia and Africa: risks and opportunities \nSandra Pointel: Pro-poor low carbon energy access in Ghana – what role for China? \nJoel Houdet: Experiences from Africa \nAnti-microbial resistance\nGerry Bloom: Addressing resistance to antibiotics in plural health systems \nZhang Xiulan: Understanding the implementation of antibiotic regulations and other strategies in China \n Fang Jing: Reducing antimicrobial resistance: what can we do and how? \nDing Shijun: Knowledge of producers\, doctors and vets on pig antibiotic use \nFuture directions for seeds and agricultural development\nAnabel Marin: The future of seeds \nAndy Stirling: Alternative innovation pathways for seed development \nDing Shijun: Chinese seed firms ‘going abroad’ \nJames Keeley: AgriTT: Working in partnership for agricultural technology \n Yichun Song: Seed sovereignty\, sustainable agriculture and continuity \nPoverty reduction and social finance\nLi He: Needs and the questions of social finance based on the thinking of an environment project \nXu Hui: Social finance for for poverty alleviation: innovations since 2009 \nZhang Qian: Poverty trap and elite capture in pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia under climate change \nZhao Jia: Poverty reduction and social finance: reflections on the ‘Nong Shang Dai’ programme of creditease \nSustainable and equitable urban transformations\nYing Chen: Urbanization and sustainable development of cities in China \nZhao Zheng: China’s urban green development efficiency\, based on urban data analysis of Silk Road Economical Belt \nEnvironment\, health and food safety\nChao Cai: Food safety in China: two problems in focus \nFang Jing: Field building leadership initiative: advancing eco health in Asia \nLu Jixia: Historicizing sustainable livelihoods: a pathways approach to lead mining in rural central China \nDavid Tyfield: Towards sustainable and equitable urban transformations \n\nMasterclass\nThe conference was preceded by a one day Masterclass at BNU SSDPP\, involving early career researchers and students from BNU and other Chinese universities with STEPS Centre members and alumni. \nThe event explored the STEPS pathways approach and pathways methods and methodologies. Presentations were made to winners of the Sustainability Hub research proposal competition (see photo below). A South-South Cooperation Forum with international students at BNU contributions from STEPS Global Consortium partners from Africa and Argentina was also convened. \n \n\nBlog series\nReflections and learning from the conference \n\nAndy Stirling on New Pathways: Learning from China’s greenization\nMelissa Leach Made in China? Mutual learning in a global development era\nSandra Pointel Between ‘greenization’ and ‘citizenization’: Welcome to China’s New Normal\nSandra Pointel South-South Cooperation: Voices from Africa and Latin America resonate in China\n\n\nMedia coverage\nResearch hub helps China’s sustainable development\, China Daily\, 29 April 2015 \n\nMore information\nSTEPS China Sustainability Hub \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/pathways-to-sustainability-in-a-changing-china/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Food & agriculture,Governance & policy,Health & disease,Technology & innovation,Urbanisation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150508T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150508T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150213T111141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215513Z UID:7021-1431093600-1431102600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Low carbon innovation paths in Europe and Asia: Divergence or Convergence? DESCRIPTION:IDS/SPRU/STEPS Seminar \nThe current technological shift from high to low carbon development coincides with a geographical shift: the rapid expansion of green production and innovation capacity in China and India. This constellation gives rise to the question: to what extent\, how and why do the innovation paths in Europe and in Asia differ? \nThe seminar focuses on this question and presents the findings of new comparative research on renewable energy and electromobility. It is based on a joint project of the German Development Institute\, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi\, Tsinghua School of Public Policy and Management\, and Institute of Development Studies. \nParticipants: \n\nHubert Schmitz (IDS) What are the issues? Why are they important?\nRasmus Lema (Aalborg) Europe-Asia comparison: renewable energy\nTilman Altenburg (DIE/GDI) Europe-Asia comparison: electromobility\nAdrian Ely (SPRU-STEPS) Moderator URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-low-carbon-innovation-paths-europe-asia-divergence-convergence/ LOCATION:Room 144\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Seminars,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150513T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150513T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150319T154703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215316Z UID:7154-1431538200-1431549000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Public lecture: Mike Hulme - '(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way Forward?' DESCRIPTION:Mike Hulme\, King’s College London\nSTEPS Public Lecture\, followed by drinks reception – all welcome\nFulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex \n\n \n\nDownload a poster (pdf) \nClimate change is an environmental\, cultural and political phenomenon which is reshaping the way people think about themselves\, their societies and their Earthly futures. Climate change is therefore a major instance where scientific knowledge and symbolic imagination interact in multiple and complex ways. \nIn an earlier book\, Why We Disagree about Climate Change\, I considered the different ways people think about climate change in the contexts of science\, economics\, religion\, psychology\, risk communication\, development sociology\, and politics. In the six years since that book was published\, new developments have occurred in nature\, science\, politics and culture\, yet climate change continues to be an idea which both unites and divides us. In this talk I will consider why this is and what it tells us about the emerging narrative of the Anthropocene. My normative claim is that we need a variety of insights about climate and its cultural and political manifestations to offer a sufficient number of entry points for human actors to work creatively with the idea of climate change. \nAbout Mike Hulme \nMike Hulme is professor of climate and culture in the Department of Geography at King’s College London. His work explores the idea of climate change using historical\, cultural and scientific analyses\, seeking to illuminate the numerous ways in which climate change is deployed in public and political discourse. \nHis latest book is Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering (Polity) and is currently writing Cultured Weather: The Idea of Climate and What We Do With It (SAGE). He is also the author of Exploring Climate Change Through Science and In Society (Routledge) and Why We Disagree About Climate Change (Cambridge). \nDrinks reception \nThis public lecture will be followed at about 7.30pm by a drinks reception in the same venue. All participants at the lecture are welcome to stay for drinks afterwards. \nThis event is part of the annual STEPS Centre Summer School. It is the only public event on this year’s programme. \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/mike-hulme-still-disagreeing-about-climate-change/ LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150514T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150514T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150413T135804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T215001Z UID:7245-1431608400-1431612000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Nora McKeon on Food Security Governance DESCRIPTION:‘Food Security Governance: empowering communities\, regulating corporations’ \nSeminar with Nora McKeon. All welcome. \nTerra Nuova\, Board Member\, Roma 3 Masters in Human Development and Food Security\, Lecturer\, West African Network of Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations (ROPPA)\, Technical Adviser \nToday’s global food system generates hunger alongside of land grabs\, food waste\, health problems\, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Nora McKeon’s new book explains why we find ourselves in this situation and explores what we can do to change it. In her talk she will review how the international community (mis)handled food issues since WWII up to the food crisis of 2007-2008\, privileging short term national or private interests over long-term public goals of equity and sustainability. She will contrast how actors link up in corporate global food chains – in which producers\, consumers and the environment are the losers – and in the local food systems that are considered to be “alternative” but in fact feed most of the world’s population. She will explain how the financial and structural power of corporations\, allied to discourse that portrays their approach to meeting the world’s food needs as “modern” and “productive”\, allows them to set the rules to their advantage. She will point out the perils of “scientific evidence-based” decision-making when it intrudes on the terrain that properly belongs to political process and value-based debate. \nThe author will describe how people around the world are organizing to protect their access to resources and build better ways of food provision\, in what is increasingly referred to as a food sovereignty movement. The United Nations Committee on World Food Security – a uniquely inclusive global policy forum since its reform in 2009 – could be supportive of these efforts in pursuing its mandate to defend the right to food of the world’s population. The talk will conclude with a call to blow the whistle on speculative capitalism by building effective public policy instruments for accountable governance and extending their authority to the realm of regulating markets and corporations. \nAbout Nora McKeon \nNora McKeon studied history at Harvard and political science at the Sorbonne before joining the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations where she directed the organization’s relations with civil society. A major focus of her work was opening FAO up to civil society/social movements. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-nora-mckeon-food-security-governance/ LOCATION:Convening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Governance & policy,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150613 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20150604T153320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170428T135516Z UID:7444-1433894400-1434153599@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Africa launch - Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub was officially launched on 12 June 2015 in Nairobi\, Kenya at a workshop entitled Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty. \nThe event brought together 100 international delegates drawn from government\, industry\, universities and civil society to explore and share ideas and approaches on pathways towards developing low carbon economies. \nThe African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, the STEPS Centre\, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)\, the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)\, and Practical Action jointly hosting the three-day workshop. It included high-level discussions on how to encourage low-carbon development and promote pro-poor energy development. \nThe keynote address and official opening was delivered by Judi Wakhungu on behalf of Hon. Henry Rotich\, Cabinet Secretary\, National Treasury. \nThe Africa Sustainability Hub is one of six hubs in the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium. It is a networked hub based at ACTS with partners ATPS and SEI Africa. \n\nFind out more about STEPS Africa \nFind out more about the Pathways to Sustainability Global Consortium URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-africa-workshop/ LOCATION:Crowne Plaza Hotel\, Nairobi\, Kenya CATEGORIES:Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150610T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150612T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133723 CREATED:20170125T150404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180322T170739Z UID:10600-1433923200-1434128400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Low Carbon Development in Africa DESCRIPTION:This event aimed to shape the research\, policy and practice agendas for low-carbon development in Africa. It was also the launch event for the STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub. \nLow Carbon Development in Africa workshop. Photo: STEPS Centre\nIn Sub-Saharan Africa\, two-thirds of people still lack access to electricity. Working for economic development and reducing poverty\, while addressing climate change\, is a complex and pressing challenge. \nTo debate ways forward\, this event in Nairobi brought together over 100 international delegates drawn from government\, industry\, universities and civil society. It was jointly hosted by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, the STEPS Centre\, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)\, the Stockholm Enviroment Institute Africa (SEI Africa)\, and Practical Action. \nThe workshop also marked the official launch of the STEPS Africa Sustainability Hub\, one of five hubs in the Pathways to Sustainability Consortium. \n\nWorkshop report\nDownload the workshop report (pdf 532 KB) \n\nProgramme\nProf Judi Wakhungu\, Cabinet Secretary for Environment\, Water and Natural Resources\, Kenya\, gave the keynote address on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury on Kenya\, Hon. Henry Rotich. \nSessions covered at the workshop included: \n\nLow-carbon pathways out of energy poverty\nCase studies of research in Africa\nEnergy access\nKnowledge gaps and inclusion\nAfrican priorities for research\, policy and practice\n\nDownload the programme (pdf\, 360KB) \n\nMedia coverage and blog posts\nEvent Storify – a selection of tweets\, links and images from the workshop \nPress coverage\n\nSciDev.Net Low-carbon hubs could help solve Africa’s energy gap 3 July 2015\nOther coverage: Coastweek / ScienceAfrica / SpyGhana\n\nBlogs\n\nAfrica Sustainability Hub will promote low-carbon opportunities by David Ockwell\, 19 June 2015\nPro-poor\, low carbon energy conversations across the STEPS global consortium by Adrian Ely\, 16 June 2015\nSTEPS Africa Sustainability Hub launched in Nairobi by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\nKenyan Finance Minister: STEPS Africa “a huge contribution” by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\nKnowledge is power: towards low carbon energy in Africa by Nathan Oxley\, 10 June 2015\nWhy access to energy is crucial for economic growth and poverty reduction by Ian Scoones\, 10 June 2015\n\n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/low-carbon-development-in-africa/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150611T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150611T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150603T101611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214804Z UID:7434-1434027600-1434033000@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): Challenges of Nation-wide Scaling up and Sustainability DESCRIPTION:This event will be live streamed (see below) and a video recording will be available afterwards.\n \nSince its innovation in Bangladesh in 2000\, Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has spread to more than 65 countries across Asia\, Africa and Latin America where more than 400 million people are now living in open defecation free (ODF) environments. \nDr Kamal Kar\, the pioneer of CLTS\, will speak about the challenges of nationwide scaling up of CLTS\, especially in the run up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a particular focus on new strategies of some African nations on national scaling up. He will also discuss second and third generations challenges of CLTS susch as sustainability\, inclusion and waste containment. \nLive stream below: URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/kamal-kar-clts-june2015/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Health & disease,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150629T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150630T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150421T150857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T110106Z UID:7325-1435579200-1435683600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities’\, led by STEPS Co-Director Andy Stirling\, will be held at the University of Sussex\, UK on 29-30 June 2015. \nThe workshop will be shaped around two key questions: \n\nWhat different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts\, form the most practical basis for enabling transformative action to address Nexus challenges?\nHow can such encompassing Nexus methodologies best enable academic\, government\, business and civil society actors to develop appropriate skills\, training and research capabilities?\n\nStimulus paper by Andy Stirling\, STEPS Centre Co-Director\n\nIn the stimulus paper for the workshop\, Professor Andy Stirling and colleagues from the Nexus Network set out the context for the Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities workshop. Please take a look at the full paper before applying to take part in the workshop: NexusNetwork_MethodsWorkshop_June2015_StimulusPaper_forparticipants \nApply to take part in the workshop\nWe would like to invite around 60 people from research\, business\, policy and civil society organisations\, to take part in the workshop and who come with an expertise and experience of interdisciplinary approaches. We anticipate a large amount of interest in this workshop which is why we ask you apply with some additional information to allow us to select the workshop participants. A priority will be placed on participants with experience in developing cross-disciplinary methods; to give a balance between sectors and to encourage early career participation. \nFor more information on topics\, speakers and the full agenda please go to the Workshop page. \nApplication deadline\nPlease complete your application by attend by 5 pm on Friday 8 May 2015. \n \nSelection notification\nWe will you know by end of May if your application has been successful or if you have been added to the waitlist. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/methodsworkshop/ LOCATION:SPRU\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Research methods,Understanding sustainability ORGANIZER;CN="Deborah Charman":MAILTO:d.l.charman@sussex.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150708T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150710T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150703T201206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214706Z UID:7547-1436342400-1436547600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Centre events at 'Our Common Future' conference DESCRIPTION:From 8 – 10 July\, STEPS Centre members will be participating in the international conference Our Common Future Under Climate Change in Paris. The conference comes ahead of the UN’s COP21 conference in December. It looks at the state of knowledge about\, and the range of responses to\, climate change. \nFind out about our research and engagement work around COP21 and Our Common Future \n\n  \nBreakdown of events featuring STEPS members \nWednesday 8 July at 17.30 \nAdrian Ely and Rob Byrne: ‘Building pro-poor\, low carbon innovation systems through international and indigenous efforts’\, by Adrian Ely\, Rob Byrne and David Ockwell \n\n4413(a) – Technology\, transformations and capabilities in developing countries\nUPMC Jussieu – ROOM 309 – Block 24/34\n\nThursday 9 July at 15.00 \nPeter Newell: ‘The political economy of contending pathways to de-carbonisation’ \n\n4409(a) – Climate Governance: Driving Societal Transformations\nUPMC Jussieu Ampi Herpin\n\nThursday 9 July at 16.30 \nSam Geall and Adrian Ely: Low carbon innovation in China \n\n3333 – China’s climate policies and low-carbon innovation\nUNESCO Fontenoy – ROOM XI.\n\nFriday 10 July at 14.00 \nAdrian Ely: STEPS work in China and Africa \n\n4417 – Transforming Society and Science for Sustainability – Addressing Challenges in Transdisciplinary Research\nUNESCO Bonvin – ROOM XIV.\n\n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-at-our-common-future/ LOCATION:Various\, Paris\, France CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150715T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150715T173000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150706T130415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214544Z UID:7564-1436976000-1436981400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Yixin Dai - Chinese Renewable Energy Policy DESCRIPTION:‘Chinese Renewable Energy Policy – Policy Implementation\, and Participation’ \nYixin Dai\, School of Public Policy and Management\, Tsinghua University \nIn order to reach its ambitious emissions targets\, China has been promoting renewable energy through a series of top-down policies since 2006. Recent successes have seen wind turbine installation capacity exceed 100GW in 2014\, and nuclear installation capacity reach 23GW in June 2015. The questions are: can we attribute this to strong central government? What is the role of local implementation in promoting renewable energy policies? Will any bottom-up effort influence future development of Chinese renewable energy policy?  This seminar addresses these questions by drawing on two of the speaker’s papers on the implementation gap and perception gap in Chinese renewable energy (RE) policy development. \nYixin Dai is an assistant professor in School of Public Policy and Management\, Tsinghua University. Her research interests focus on theory of innovation and technology transfer\, technological innovation in the environment and energy area\, and technology governance. Her current research studies different low carbon innovation paths between China and other parts of the world\, technology governance at local levels\, as well as the national innovation system in China. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/yixin-dai-chinese-renewable-energy-policy/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150811T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150811T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150722T110500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214509Z UID:7607-1439307000-1439312400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STISA-2024: Debating Africa’s “Blueprint” for Science\, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Development DESCRIPTION:This panel debate at the Institute of Development Studies examines responses to the recently-published Science\, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024). \nIn June 2014\, the 23rd Ordinary Session of African Union Heads of State and Government Summit adopted a 10-year Science\, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024). The strategy is part of the long-term AU Agenda 2063 that is underpinned by science\, technology and innovation (STI) as enablers for achieving continental development goals. \nThe Agenda calls for the diversification of sources of growth and sustenance of Africa’s current economic performance\, and in the long-run\, lifting large sections of the population out of poverty. The strategy aims at fostering social transformation and economic competitiveness through human capital development\, innovation\, value addition\, industrialisation and entrepreneurship. \nIn this panel debate we bring together a panel from Africa\, Europe and America to debate STISA and address critical questions that include: \n1. How does STISA fit into Africa’s broad development strategy?\n2. How do we deal with governance and its impact on STI?\n3. Beyond the African Union and its agencies\, what role for citizens in Africa?\n4. What roles for the Diaspora?\n5. How do we fund STISA? \nThis open session (starting at 3.30pm) is the final part of a day-long workshop about STISA. The previous sessions are invite-only. \nPanel\nAllam Ahmed\, World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)/SPRU (moderator)\nJohan Schot\, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)\, University of Sussex\nClapperton C Mavhunga\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\nTighisti Amare\, Chatham House\nChandrika Nath\, Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST)\nHambani Masheleni\, African Union Commission\nMartin Bell\, SPRU\nSolomon Mugera\, BBC Africa\nOsama Idris\, Agrigum International Limited \nConclusions and closing remarks will be given by Adrian Ely (SPRU/STEPS Centre) and Chux Daniels (SPRU). \nPlanning Committee Members: Chux Daniels\, Clapperton Mavhunga\, Elsie Onsongo\, Yusuf Dirie and Harriet Dudley. \nThis workshop is jointly hosted by SPRU\, MIT\, STEPS Centre\, ATPS UK\, Sussex-Africa Centre and African Union. \n\nAttendance\nAll are welcome to attend this event and no registration is required. For more information\, contact Chux Daniels (email: c.u.daniels [at] sussex.ac.uk). \nRelated blogs\nDebating science and technology for development in Africa by Ian Scoones\, 11 August 2015 \nSTISA-2024: Debating Africa’s “Blueprint” for Science\, Technology & Innovation by Chux Daniels\, 22 July 2015 \nSame meat\, different gravy? The new Science\, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) by David Ockwell\, 5 August 2014 \nHow to redefine innovation & development: an African perspective by Gillian M. Marcelle\, 10 March 2015 URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/stisa-2024-debating-blueprint-science-technology-and-innovation-in-africa/ LOCATION:Convening Space\, IDS\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150910 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150119T120133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214405Z UID:6911-1441584000-1441843199@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS conference 2015: Resource Politics DESCRIPTION:Resource Politics: Transforming Pathways to Sustainability \nWhy now? Contexts and debates \nIn the build up to the confirmation of the post-2015 sustainable development goals\, the politics of resource access\, allocation and distribution are high on global policy agendas. The limits to economic activity in the face of ‘planetary boundaries’ are being fiercely debated\, and even humanity’s survival in the age of the Anthropocene is questioned. Some suggest a ‘perfect storm’ of factors is combining to present ever growing threats\, often assumed to be at the ‘nexus’ of food\, water\, energy and climate change issues. Among the responses are advocates of ‘green economy’ strategies\, seeking transformations to more sustainable economies. \n  \nBut the ‘sustainability’ framing of these issues needs interrogating. How do these debates draw on earlier neo-Malthusian visions of ‘Limits to Growth’\, blind to social difference\, distributional implications\, and failing to disaggregate local users and politics concerning resource use\, consumption and production? What politics and power relations are hidden by the apocalyptic framings of environmental disaster? What interests are supported by particular framings of ‘scarcity’ or ‘limits’\, justifying appropriation of resources by some to the exclusion of others? \n  \nFood\, water\, fuel and minerals have become the focus of global and local political contests. Land\, water and green ‘grabs’ have re-allocated existing resources to so called ‘efficient’ and economically productive users\, causing local resource scarcities and dispossessions\, damaging livelihoods and infringing basic rights. Resources have become valued\, marketised and commodified\, with a range of unforeseen consequences. At the same time\, activism has flourished\, contesting dominant perspectives. As we seek pathways to sustainability that assure both environmental integrity and social justice\, now is a critical time to ask tough questions about the politics of resources. \nWhy a conference? \nThe STEPS Centre and its partners hope this conference can help unpack assumptions\, question simplistic prescriptions and debate alternatives about the politics of resources and pathways to sustainability. The conference will present research evidence from varied locations revealing multiple pathways of change\, linking conceptual challenges of understanding ‘resource politics’ with institutional and practical dimensions\, from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is hoped this debate – with academics\, practitioners\, policymakers and activists taking part – can provide the basis for open and balanced debate about future options. \n  \nResearch challenges \nIn conceptual terms\, the focus on political ecology\, long concerned with understanding the politics of access to\, and control over\, resources from local to global\, is increasingly combined with a concern with the politics of knowledge\, emerging from fields such as science and technology studies. Resource politics should be seen in relation to complex combinations of artefacts\, people and knowledges. Resource control and ‘grabbing’ debates have reinvigorated a concern for earlier Marxist concerns with accumulation and dispossession\, while new perspectives are required to understand the commodification and financialisation of nature. Pathways to sustainability are thus constructed through this complex interplay\, with analysis of power dynamics at the core. This means engaging critically with questions of environmental and social justice and what these mean to different people in diverse contexts in both the global South and North. Increasingly a conceptual perspective on ‘pathways’ combining an understanding of material and structural forces\, the politics that underpin them and the discursive knowledge politics that frame such dynamics\, is essential. \nThe STEPS Centre’s work on resource politics \nThe STEPS Centre’s ‘pathways approach’ has been developed as a way of understanding contending and conflicting pathways of change\, in complex\, highly contested settings. Building on earlier work on ‘scarcity’ and the politics of allocation\, we have highlighted the multiple framings of and responses to climate uncertainty. Similarly\, an earlier focus on ‘institutions’ for resource control and access\, has been extended to looking at resource access in diverse settings from peri-urban India to rural China. Historical work on the politics of landscapes\, including forests or rangeland areas\, has been built on to investigate the commodification of carbon in African forests. Work on water resources has linked issues of access to notions of security\, highlighting political contestation\, for example\, dam construction in southeast Asia. And we have highlighted the variegated consequences of land\, water and green grabbing in different sites across the world. \n  \nConference themes\nSix themes will run throughout the conference\, with panels clustered within each theme. This will allow delegates to take part in fulsome discussions around particular themes. \n\nScarcity\, politics and securitization\nResource grabbing\nGovernance\, elites\, citizenship and democracy\nFinancialisation and markets\nGrowth\, waste and consumption\nGender\, race\, class and sustainability\n\nFind out more on the conference website URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/resource-politics2015/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Resource politics ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150910T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150910T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150904T154741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214247Z UID:7734-1441890000-1441900800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:The Politics of Nature: reimagining power\, resistance and critique from above\, below and within DESCRIPTION:Arts C 233\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, UK \nSpeakers:\nProf Dianne Rocheleau – Clark University\nKathleen McAfee – San Francisco State University \nThis interactive workshop is organised by the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS Centre. It follows the conference ‘Resource Politics: transforming pathways to sustainability’. Attendance is free\, but registration is required. Lunch is included. \nRegistration \nIf you would like to attend\, register before 8 September 2015 by sending an email to Andrea Brock: a.brock@sussex.ac.uk URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-politics-of-nature-reimagining-power-resistance-and-critique-from-above-below-and-within/ CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Understanding sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150911T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150911T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150903T085039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T214053Z UID:7732-1441976400-1441981800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: 'Resource Politics: Future Directions' DESCRIPTION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, UK \n‘Resource Politics: Future Directions’ \nDianne Rocheleau and Kathleen McAfee \nA critical resource politics can contribute to reframing conservation sciences to bring science into the service of social and ecological justice. To this end\, many of us are challenging the fetish of economic growth and the market-centric logic that has come to dominate ‘pragmatic’ environmentalism. \nBut are better ways of knowing and acting possible? As political ecologists\, we can explore the various expressions of ‘living well’/in harmony with the living world\, to develop a useful response to the creative initiatives of social movements throughout the world. Resource politics can address ecological and cultural defense\, and alternative visions of the future\, from indigenous practices and politics to “degrowth” approaches. \nAn engaged resource politics can challenge the systematic oppression and the lethal inertia of global systems in the face of climate change\, land and resource grabbing\, and widespread contamination\, while contributing to new repertoires of knowledge and practice. \nAbout the speakers \nDianne Rocheleau is Professor of Geography and Director of the Global Environmental Studies program at Clark University. She has previously worked on forestry\, farming and development alternatives with international\, national and local organizations. She currently writes about and works with communities and movements who defend territory and complex human ecologies while building socially just and ecologically viable futures. \nKathleen McAfee (San Francisco State University\, USA) has long experience in community and global-justice activism and policy analysis (Oxfam\, UN agencies). Her academic work focuses on “selling nature to save it”\, the political economy and ecology of ecosystem services and carbon markets\, and alternatives to export-dependent\, growth-based\, market-centered development. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-resource-politics-future-directions/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151006T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151006T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151002T094452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213817Z UID:7845-1444136400-1444141800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: Ocean management - linking satellite and socio-economic data DESCRIPTION:‘Ocean management: Linking satellite and socio-economic data to inform sustainability’ \nEleni Papathanasopoulou and Hayley Evers-King \nKNOTS meeting area\nInstitute of Development Studies\n1-2.30pm on 6 October 2015 \nOceans are playing an increasingly important role in countries’ development strategies to address issues such as food security\, unemployment and poverty. Aquaculture has been identified as one of the priority areas for these strategies and investment. However\, it is unclear where aquaculture farms should be located and what their potential socio-economic impacts will be. \nThis talk explores how satellite and socio-economic data can be linked and used to address these uncertainties for England\, Scotland and South Africa. It will describe the data and images produced by satellite systems in terms of its temporal and spatial resolutions\, ability to identify areas of high water quality\, harmful algal blooms and monitor environmental change. The benefits of superimposing socio-economic information\, such as employment and industries’ economic contributions\, onto these satellite images and their use in sustainability analyses will be presented and explored in terms of the added value in combining these datasets. The next steps in developing a web-based visualisation tool to host and provide the capability to query the project’s data will be discussed. \nAll welcome. \nAbout Dr Papathanasopoulou and Dr Evers-King\nDr Eleni Papathanasopoulou is an economist based at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory using input-output\, general equilibrium and macroeconomic perspectives to assess the impacts of changes in the environment to whole economic and social systems. She has recently applied these approaches to estimate the economic impacts of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in England\, health cost savings of aquatic physical activities and the social implications of changes in coastal communities. She holds an ESRC-Satellite Applications Catapult fellowship (2015-16) which is funding the work being presented. \nDr Hayley Evers-King is a marine Earth observation scientist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory specialising in the development of novel algorithms and applications for ocean colour satellite data. Her research has involved detection of high biomass (HABs) in South Africa\, and assessments of interannual variability of these blooms in coastal regions with developing aquaculture and fishing industries. She is developing capacity for coastal water quality remote sensing using the new generation of high and medium resolution Earth observation satellites. \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/seminar-ocean-management-linking-satellite-and-socio-economic-data/ LOCATION:Room 100\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Resource politics,Seminars,Water END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20151026T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20151026T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150901T094051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213732Z UID:7721-1445850000-1445878800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:How can makerspaces\, fablabs and hackerspaces help cultivate sustainable developments? DESCRIPTION:Machines Room\, 45 Vyner Street\, London\, E2 9DQ United Kingdom \nInterest in the social\, economic and environmental possibilities of makerspaces and the maker movement continues to grow. This event brings together people involved or interested in sustainability activities to share\, discuss\, and reflect upon their experiences. \nIn the discussions\, our objective will be to consider strategies for promoting and reinforcing the roles makerspaces can and could play in sustainable developments\, including extending connections with opportunities in wider society and economy. \nThis event is organised by SPRU and CIED (the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand)\, from the University of Sussex\, together with the STEPS Centre. \nSpeakers \n\nTrystan Lea\, Open Energy Monitor\nJanet Gunter\, Restart Project\nDidac Ferrer\, Tarpuna Co-operative & Ateneus de Fabricació Digital\, Barcelona\nSophie Thomas\, RSA Great Recovery\nMax Wakefield\, Demand Energy Equality\nRichard Clifford\, MAKLab\, Glasgow\nJustyna Swat\, POC21 and OuiShare\nLiz Corbin / Mark Miodownik\, Institute of Making\, London\nSusana Nascimento\, ex-Vitruvius FabLab and Joint Research Centre – Brussels\,\nEuropean Commission\nAnn Light\, Professor of Creative Technology\, University of Sussex\n\nFree entry\, registration required (see below). \nTimings \n\n9am – tea & coffee\n10am – event starts\n5pm – event ends\n\nRegister / More info \nFull details: CIED event page \nRegister: Eventbrite (registration deadline: 11 October) \nDownloadable flyer (PDF) \nContact: Bettina Zenz – b.zenz@sussex.ac.uk \nFurther reading \nFloat like a Fab Lab\, sting like a Honey Bee (Medium.com) \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/how-can-makerspaces-fablabs-and-hackerspaces-help-cultivate-sustainable-developments/ LOCATION:Machines Room\, 45 Vyner Street\, London\, E2 9DQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Technology & innovation ORGANIZER;CN="SPRU/CIED/STEPS":MAILTO:b.zenz@sussex.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20151105T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20151106T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20170126T093405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170126T093405Z UID:10650-1446710400-1446829200@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Opening up the development agenda: STEPS América Latina launch DESCRIPTION:The event ‘Opening up the development agenda’\, to mark the launch of the STEPS América Latina hub\, took place on 5 and 6 November in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. \n\nBlog posts\nOpening up democratic politics for sustainable development\, by Andy Stirling\, 24 November 2015 \nOpening up science and development in Latin America\, by Nathan Oxley\, 8 November 2015 \nSharing the Open Source Seed Initiative at STEPS América Latina\, by Claire Luby\, 12 November 2015 \nWhat are we doing when we do open science and inclusive innovation? by Adrian Smith\, 12 November 2015 \n\n  \n \nPhotos from the event – see our gallery on Flickr \nThe event\, which brought together an international line-up of speakers\, included panels on open science\, inclusive innovation\, horizontal innovation for sustainability\, and natural resources and development. \nThere were also participatory sessions on the politics of open knowledge production\, and to envisage a new research agenda for sustainable innovation and development for Latin America. \n\nPanels and sessions\nFull information about the panels and sessions (in Spanish) is on the STEPS America Latina website. \n5 November\nInnovation for inclusion and sustainable development\nJudith Sutz\, Benito Juarez Velez and Paula Peylourbet. Discussant: Adrian Ely \nOpen Science\nLeslie Chan\, Sarita Albagli\, Mariano Fressoli and Valeria Arza. Discussant: Pablo Kreimer \nThe politics of opening up knowledge production\nCristian Matti (facilitator) \nSummary: Open science and inclusive innovation\nAdrian Smith and Valeria Arza \n6 November\nHorizontal innovations towards sustainability\nClaire Luby\, Roberta Ramos and Pablo Ridolfi (discussant: Verónica Robert) \nNatural resources and the environment\nJorge Katz\, Maristella Svampa and Anabel Marín (discussant: Miguel Lengyel) \nSummary: Horizontal innovations and natural resources & environment\nAndy Stirling and Anabel Marin URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/opening-up-the-development-agenda-steps-america-latina-launch/ CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151116T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151116T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151104T132606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213419Z UID:7973-1447678800-1447684200@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Seminar “Will Africa Feed China?” DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Centre Seminar on ‘Will Africa Feed China?” was by Professor Deborah Bräutigam and took place at the IDS Convening Space\, on 16th November 2015\, 13:00-14.30. \nAudio recording: \n \nIs China building an empire in rural Africa? China has nine percent of the world’s arable land\, six percent of its water\, and over 20 percent of its people. Africa’s savannahs and river basins host expanses of underutilized land and water. Some believe that China is buying up African land to grow food to ship back home. \nIn her book Will Africa Feed China?\, Deborah Bräutigam probes the activities behind headlines. Challenging conventional wisdom\, she finds that Chinese farming investments and land acquisitions are surprisingly limited. China exports more food to Africa than it imports. Will this change? As Africa pushes for foreign capital\, China encourages its agribusiness firms to “go global”. International concerns about “land grabbing” are justified. Yet to feed its own population\, Africa must move from subsistence to commercial agriculture. What role will China play? Will Africa Feed China? introduces the state-owned Chinese agribusiness firms that pioneered African farming in the 1960s and entrepreneurial private investors who followed. Their fascinating stories\, and those of African farmers and officials\, ground Bräutigam’s informative\, balanced reporting. Forcefully argued and empirically rich\, Will Africa Feed China? will be a landmark work\, enlightening China’s quest for food security and Africa’s possibilities for structural transformation. \nAll welcome!  \n\nDeborah Bräutigam is the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy\, Director of the International Development Program\, and Director of the China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. She is the author of The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa and many studies on Chinese engagement in Africa. Previously\, she served as Director of the Economic and Political Development Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Professor at American University’s School of International Service. In addition to advising over a dozen governments on China-Africa relations\, she has served as visiting scholar at the World Bank and senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. Her book—Will Africa Feed China?— will be published in October 2015 by Oxford University Press. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-seminar-will-africa-feed-china/ LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Food & agriculture,Resource politics,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151120 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20150924T134825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213349Z UID:7799-1447891200-1447977599@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Nexus network conference: 'Scales\, levels and spaces of the nexus' DESCRIPTION:The Nexus Network second Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 19 November 2015\, in central London. \nQuestions of scale are crucial in addressing the linked nexus challenges of food\, energy\, water and the environment. The nexus is often framed as a global security problem\, but this can obscure alternative understandings of interactions and trade-offs at local\, regional and national levels. \nRegister now using the Eventbrite form. \nFull details (Nexus Network website) URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/nexus-network-conference-scales-levels-and-spaces-of-the-nexus/ CATEGORIES:Resource politics END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151120T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151120T144500 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151117T153735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213641Z UID:8021-1448024400-1448030700@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:‘The ethos of scientific advice’ Seminar DESCRIPTION:Arthur Peterson\, from STEaPP\, UCL\, will give a seminar on ‘The ethos of scientific advice’ as part of the SPRU Friday Seminar Series on Friday\, 20th November 2015. The seminar will be chaired by Andy Stirling (SPRU)\, and followed by a Roundtable on ‘Dilemmas of Uncertainty in the Politics of Science and Innovation’\, with James Wilsdon and Erik Millstone as panellists. \nThe seminar will begin at 1pm in the Lecture Theatre 144 in the Jubilee Building\, at the University of Sussex\, and end at approximately 2.45pm. \nAll welcome!  \nPlease note sandwiches will be available beforehand from 12:45pm. Coffee/tea/biscuits will be available from 2pm after a very short break\, introducing the discussion sessions. \n********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** \nAbstract:  \nThere are many theories that can inform analysis of how science advice is done or should be done. Here I define “science advice” as “practices involving individuals\, organisations and structures that mobilise natural and social scientific and engineering knowledge into public decision-making”. In this seminar\, I will demonstrate that although some theories are well elaborated\, empirical proof for the described changes\, roles and processes in scientific advice is limited. After reviewing literature and outstanding questions on roles of scientific advisors at local\, national and international levels\, I will offer a pragmatist analysis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Subsequently\, I will assess capacity-building needs in science advice across a range of cultural and political contexts\, and governance scales: What skills do future science advisors and recipients of science advice need to deal responsibly with their tasks? I will conclude with presenting elements of an ethos of scientific advice\, which are based on experiences with implementing post-normal science at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. \nBio: \nProfessor Arthur C Petersen (DPA PhD MA MSc) joined UCL STEaPP fulltime in September 2014 after more than 13 years’ work as scientific adviser on environment and infrastructure policy within the Dutch Government. Most recently he served as Chief Scientist of the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (2011–2014).\nArthur is also Adjunct Professor of Science and Environmental Public Policy at the VU University Amsterdam (since 2011) and Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (since 2009)\, and has been Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2009–2014) and at UCL STEaPP (January–August 2014).\nArthur studied physics and philosophy\, obtained doctorate degrees in atmospheric sciences (Doctor of Philosophy – PhD\, Utrecht University\, 1999) and philosophy of science (Doctor of Public Administration – DPA\, VU University Amsterdam\, 2006)\, and now also finds disciplinary homes in anthropology and political science. Most of his research is about managing uncertainty. \n  URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-ethos-of-scientific-advice-seminar/ LOCATION:SPRU\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Seminars,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151127T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151127T143000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151013T082735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213257Z UID:7876-1448629200-1448634600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Seminar: ‘Development without Growth?’ DESCRIPTION:‘Development without Growth?’ \nRay Cunningham\, Jonathan Essex\, Tom Lines \nFriday 27th November\, 13.00 – 14.30\, Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\nThis seminar is jointly held with the Resource Politics cluster at IDS.\n \nIn 2013\, the green think tank Green House published ‘The Post-Growth Project’\, which argues that economic growth\, as conventionally measured\, is over for the UK in anything but the very short term. It examines some of the many far-reaching implications of this insight\, which contradicts mainstream economic and political assumptions. The focus of the book is the implications for the UK. \nIn this seminar\, as well as outlining the core argument of the book\, we want to address the implications of the end of growth in the UK for its role in the global economy. Beyond that\, we want to open up the question of what an end to growth more widely in the ‘developed’ world will mean for the global economy and especially for ‘developing’ countries\, and indeed for our understanding of development as a concept. \nEveryone welcome! \nAbout Ray Cunningham\, Jonathan Essex\, Tom Lines\nRay Cunningham \nGreen House Coordinator\, joint editor of ‘The Post-Growth Project’\, former Director of the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society. \nJonathan Essex \nOne of the authors of ‘The Post-Growth Project’\, a chartered engineer and environmentalist. He has worked for engineering consultants and contractors in the UK\, Bangladesh and Vietnam. He is currently a sustainability consultant at IMC Worldwide\, and a borough and county councillor in Surrey. \nTom Lines \nIDS graduate with 20 years’ international consultancy experience\, specialising in trade and finance as they affect poor countries. Previously a business journalist on commodity markets\, and lecturer in international business at Edinburgh University. \nThis is a locally-sourced event. Jonathan is based in Redhill\, while Ray and Tom both live in Brighton. \n\nPlease contact Annie Lowden (a.lowden@ids.ac.uk) for further details. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/resource-politics-cluster-seminar-development-without-growth/ LOCATION:Room 221\, IDS\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Governance & policy,Resource politics,Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20151201T150000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20151201T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151111T145833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T213053Z UID:7995-1448982000-1448987400@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:COP21 side event: Mitigation contributions from developing countries DESCRIPTION:Mitigation contributions from developing countries: innovation\, technology and scenario analysis\nSide events area\, Room OR 03\nLe Bourget conference centre\, Paris\n1 December at 15.00- 16.30 \nThe Paris Agreement requires country-level implementation\, where institutional capabilities and integrated assessment modelling capacities are needed. With colleagues from Colombia and Kenya we show how collaboration on scenario analysis and work through the Technology Mechanism can contribute. \nSpeakers (some tbc): Rob Byrne (STEPS Centre/SPRU\, University of Sussex)\, Cosmas Ochieng (African Centre for Technology Studies)\, Heleen de Coninck (University of Nijmegen)\, Ambuj Sagar (Indian Institute of Technology)\, James Falzon (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands). Chair: Gabriel Blanco (UNICEN / UN Technology Executive Committee) \nThis is a side event at the UN COP21 conference on climate change. \nRead more on our activities at COP21 \nView a list of all the side events at COP21 (UNFCCC website) \nUpdates\nSign up to our special COP21 mailing list for updates on our events\, new articles and comment direct from the conference. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/cop21-side-event-mitigation-contributions-from-developing-countries/ LOCATION:Room OR03\, Side events area\, Le Bourget conference centre\, Paris\, France CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation ORGANIZER;CN="Unnamed Organizer":MAILTO:R.P.Byrne@sussex.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20151204T150000 DTEND;TZID=Atlantic/Azores:20151204T163000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151111T150140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T212940Z UID:7998-1449241200-1449246600@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:COP21 side event: Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders (CRIBs) DESCRIPTION:Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders (CRIBs): how to strengthen the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism\n \nClimate Generations area\, Salle 1\nLe Bourget Conference Centre\, Paris\n4 December at 15.00-16.30 \nListen to the audio recording\n \n\nCOP21 side event: How to strengthen the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism by Stepscentre on Mixcloud \n\n\nAbout this session\nThe session focuses on how the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism can be strengthened to promote the building of national systems of innovation (NSIs) in developing countries. NSIs are essential to fostering the development and transfer of technology for both climate change adaptation and mitigation. Speakers will examine what policies\, institutional arrangements\, capabilities and interventions the Technology Mechanism can promote to support NSI-building. The panellists will draw from research undertaken in a range of developing countries\, focussing especially on Africa but with reference to developing Asia and Latin America\, to provide practical recommendations on ways forward. \nSpeakers: Dr Rob Byrne (STEPS Centre/SPRU\, University of Sussex)\, Dr Cosmas Ochieng (ACTS)\, Dr Heleen de Coninck (Radboud University)\, Jonah Osore (Kenya Office of the Deputy President)\, Adrian Ely (STEPS Centre/SPRU\, University of Sussex). \nPolicy Briefing: CRIBs (Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders) A powerful new focus for international climate technology policy \n\nThis is a side event at the UN COP21 conference on climate change. \nRead more on our activities at COP21 \nView a list of all the side events at COP21 (UNFCCC website) \n  \nUpdates\nSign up to our special COP21 mailing list for updates on our events\, new articles and comment direct from the conference. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/cop21-side-event-climate-relevant-innovation-system-builders-cribs/ LOCATION:Salle 1\, Climate Generations Area\, Le Bourget conference centre\, Paris\, France CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20151204T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20151204T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T133724 CREATED:20151203T200948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T212858Z UID:8108-1449255600-1449262800@steps-centre.org SUMMARY:Asia's Giants: media briefing + drinks reception DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, December 4th from 7pm-9pm; short briefing and Q&A at 7.30pm \nWhere: Holiday Inn Paris Gare de l’Est\, 5\, rue du 8 Mai 1945 75010 Paris \nHow is China shifting to a low-carbon economy? Will low-carbon innovation in China affect decarbonisation pathways elsewhere? Why do Indian policymakers insist on low-carbon rather than no-carbon? What are the prospects of India’s ambitious solar programme? \nJoin us for a briefing at 7.30pm from: Adrian Ely\, Co-Investigator\, Low Carbon Innovation in China project; Isabel Hilton\, CEO and Editor\, chinadialogue; Joydeep Gupta\, Editor\, India Climate Dialogue; Sam Geall\, Research Fellow\, University of Sussex; and Yu Jie\, Climate Analyst at chinadialogue. \nThere will also be drinks\, opportunities to talk to experts\, and copies of the reports China’s Low Carbon Future Offers Global Opportunities and Hot Air: Climate negotiations and India available. \nPlease confirm attendance by email: info@chinadialogue.net \n\nAbout the reports\nChina’s Low Carbon Future Offers Global Opportunities\, by chinadialogue\, the Low Carbon Innovation in China project and the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit\, illustrates the dynamism of China’s low-carbon development and asks if China’s more ambitious approach to climate change could create incentives for other countries to move in a similar direction. \nHot Air: Climate negotiations and India\, by India Climate Dialogue\, traces the evolution of India’s climate policy and its stance at climate negotiations over the last few decades; how India has championed the cause of the developing world. URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/asias-giants-media-briefing-drinks-reception/ CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Resource politics END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR