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In the past two decades, there have been considerable political changes in India and Nepal, starting in 2004 and 2007 respectively. In...

Discover the unseen impacts of 'eco-ableism' as green policies collide with the needs of people with disabilities.

Exploring the role of art in just transition

Social workers and their representative organizations can engage more effectively to foster the creation of new eco-social contracts.

This contribution is published as part of the UNRISD Think Piece Series, The Time is Now! Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for a...

The paper is based on a pilot study conducted in the Sundarbans of Bay of Bengal (in South Asia) to understand the...

29 - 30 Aug 2023 Background to the Seminar The current state of multiple and overlapping global crises presents an urgent need for a new...

The different contributions in this global study aim to catalyse debates and knowledge exchange. They explore examples of...

A transition to a more equitable and sustainable economy must address the needs and concerns of informal workers.

In today’s world in which analogue and digital lives are ever more intertwined, the fight for just and sustainable societies must be...

22 Mar 2023 For decades, global campaigns consisting of youth climate strikes, advocacy for gender equality, parliamentary protests and...

22 Feb 2023 A basic principle of the just transition toward ecologically and economically sustainable societies is the need to address...

20 Jan 2023 Despite thirty years of desperate warnings from scientists and civil society, we have so far failed to address the looming...

Without nature our economies cannot function, and our societies cannot survive.

In the search for a new eco-social contract, we must not ignore the state of current global efforts to achieve a just energy transition.

29 Nov 2022, 14:00 - 15:15 CEST At the core of any social contract—that is, the implicit understandings and agreements between citizens...

This thematic brief examines the history of some of Nepal’s major policy changes since the country’s emergence from a civil conflict in 2006

29 June 2022, 14:00 CEST Addressing Historical Injustices from Indigenous Perspectives for New Eco-Social Contracts—Keynote Speech by...

This brief explores three communitarian imaginaries, or world views, as potential inspirations for a new eco-social contract.

The time is now to put women at the centre of development not only because it is sustainable, but it is the right thing to do.