Opinion

Uncertain Worlds – watch our new animation

Published on 30 January 2024

Ian Scoones

Professorial Fellow

Uncertainty is all around – how can we respond? Experiences from pastoralism show that flexible, adaptive, caring responses are vital for dealing with uncertainties. But dominant approaches in many areas are often about exerting control, and assuming predictable risks.

Here’s a new short animated video based on the ‘Uncertain Worlds’ series, a set of seven comics that draw on a series of PASTRES research papers.

This article is from PASTRES, a research programme that aims to learn from pastoralists about responding to uncertainty and resilience, with lessons for global challenges. PASTRES is co-hosted by IDS.

Read the full story on the PASTRES website

 

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