The STEPS Centre is contributing as a partner to the session Access to Energy: Beyond 2012 within the two-day IIED ‘Fair Ideas’ event. This session will build on the outcomes of energy discussions through the day, drawing on conclusions from innovative delivery models, low carbon energy pathways, and feed in tariffs for energy access. A...

16 June 14.00-15.30 STEPS Centre and Stockholm Resilience Centre have convened a session  ‘Transforming Innovation for Sustainability’ within the two-day IIED ‘Fair Ideas’ event. Speakers: Glauco Arbix (Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology) Lidia Brito (UNESCO) Melissa Leach (STEPS Centre) Johan Rockstrom (Stockholm Resilience Centre) Kevin Urama (African Technology Policy Studies Network) Informed by the STEPS...

Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director, will be among the speakers at a side event at this 5-day conference in Rio de Janeiro. The session is entitled "To Cross a Widening Gulf: New Patterns and Practices of Science for Sustainability". The other speakers are Myanna Lahsen and Stephen Zehr. About the session: While scientists are warning...