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Sylvain Aubry, Matt McConnell, Sarah Saadoun and Lena Simet

Aug 22

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...

Nkosikhona Sibanda

Jul 4

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...

Arindam Laha, Nilojyoti Koner and Santanu Kumar Ghosh

Jun 19

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...

Sachin Siwakoti

Jun 13

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,...

Alina Saba and Gabriele Koehler

May 17

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...

Amitabha Sarkar, Debojyoty Ghosh and Avik Das

Aug 30, 2023

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...