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STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability

  • Dates: 23 September 2010 - 24 September 2010
  • Location: Institute of Development Studies UK

ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability)Amidst unprecedented evidence of rapid environmental change and complex ecological dynamics, addressing environmental sustainability has become a central practical, moral and political challenge of our times.

With social systems changing rapidly too, linked to population growth, urbanisation, mobility and globalized economic change, core development challenges around alleviating poverty and inequity are also becoming more complex.

In this context, how might pathways to sustainability – that link environmental integrity with social justice – be conceptualised and built? As the world prepares to unite for the 'Rio+20' Earth Summit in 2012, what ideas, concepts and agendas can best inform effective action? How can we enrich and (re)invigorate our intellectual and practical repertoires towards a new politics of environment, development and social justice?

For more details on the conference please visit the STEPS Centre website.