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Human Rights in the New Eco-Social Contract: Exploring a Just Transition Through Public Services and Social Security
To address the current multiple crises that are sometimes referred to as leading to “a breakdown” of current social contracts, civil...
Sylvain Aubry, Matt McConnell, Sarah Saadoun and Lena Simet
Aug 22, 2024


Eco-Social Contracting for Environmental Justice: Assessing the Effectiveness of Community-Based Natural Resource Management
This working paper explores the role of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in contributing to environmental justice as...
Nkosikhona Sibanda
Jul 4, 2024


Assessing the Role of Social Enterprises in Shaping Eco-Social Agriculture: Evidence from Smallholder Organic Growers in West Bengal (India)
The potential of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the agricultural sector lies in designing people-centric and planet-sensitive...
Arindam Laha, Nilojyoti Koner and Santanu Kumar Ghosh
Jun 19, 2024


Pathways to a New Eco-Social Contract in Nepal: Judicial Interpretations of Constitutional Guarantees and Their Implementation
Nepal's democratic transition led to the promulgation of its Constitution in 2015 that guarantees transformative rights across economic,...
Sachin Siwakoti
Jun 13, 2024


Contestation Movements and the Emergence of Eco-Social Contracts in India and Nepal
In the past two decades, there have been considerable political changes in India and Nepal, starting in 2004 and 2007 respectively. In...
Alina Saba and Gabriele Koehler
May 17, 2024


One Health for Sustainable Development: An Eco-Social Design for a Climate Resilient Health Systems in the Sundarbans of Bay of Bengal
The paper is based on a pilot study conducted in the Sundarbans of Bay of Bengal (in South Asia) to understand the...
Amitabha Sarkar, Debojyoty Ghosh and Avik Das
Aug 30, 2023
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