International Conference: Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China
Room 2030 Room 2030, Beijing Normal University School of Public Policy and Management, Beijing, ChinaThe 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. With long-term partners around the world we are now establishing a Pathways to Sustainability global consortium,...
Pathways to Sustainability in a Changing China
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. The conference was hosted by Beijing Normal...
Seminar: Low carbon innovation paths in Europe and Asia: Divergence or Convergence?
Room 144, Jubilee Building University of Sussex, Falmer, United KingdomIDS/SPRU/STEPS Seminar The 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? The seminar...
Public lecture: Mike Hulme – ‘(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way Forward?’
Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomMike Hulme, King’s College London STEPS Public Lecture, followed by drinks reception - all welcome Fulton A Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Download a poster (pdf) Climate 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...
STEPS Seminar: Nora McKeon on Food Security Governance
Convening Space, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom‘Food Security Governance: empowering communities, regulating corporations’ Seminar with Nora McKeon. All welcome. Terra 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 Today’s global food system generates hunger alongside of land grabs, food waste, health problems, massive greenhouse...
STEPS Africa launch – Low carbon Africa: Development Pathways out of Poverty
Crowne Plaza Hotel Nairobi, KenyaThe 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. The 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...
Low Carbon Development in Africa
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. Low Carbon Development in Africa workshop. Photo: STEPS Centre In Sub-Saharan Africa, two-thirds of people still lack access to electricity. Working for economic development and reducing poverty,...
Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): Challenges of Nation-wide Scaling up and Sustainability
Room 221, Institute of Development Studies Library Road, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThis event will be live streamed (see below) and a video recording will be available afterwards. Since 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....
Transdisciplinary Methods for Developing Nexus Capabilities Workshop
SPRU Jubilee Building, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United KingdomThe 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. The workshop will be shaped around two key questions: What different kinds and interconnections of method in contrasting contexts, form the most practical basis for...
STEPS Centre events at ‘Our Common Future’ conference
Various Paris, FranceFrom 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. Find out about our research...