Training and Events

STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability

Date: 23-24 September
Location: IDS, Sussex University, Brighton, UK
Provider: Institue of Development Studies (IDS)

Addressing environmental sustainability has become a central practical, moral and political challenge of our times. The conference, Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice, will explore how to conceptualise and build ‘pathways' that link environmental integrity and social justice, while alleviating poverty and inequity. The five themes of the conference are: contesting sustainabilities; framing narratives; dynamics and sustainability; uncertainty, ambiguity and surprise; pathway-building and governance. If you would like to submit a paper, please send a title and short abstract (up to 200 words), your name and your institutional affiliation, to the STEPS Centre Administrative Co-ordinator Harriet LeBris (H.lebris@ids.ac.uk) by the deadline of 31 May 2010.

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Climate Change 2010: The way forward in a post-Copenhagen world

Date: 23 - 24th September 2010
Location: Chatham House, UK
Provider: Chatham House

What are the prospects for international climate governance?

The Chatham House Conference will ask whether an international deal on climate will be reached in the next year. If not, what alternative forms of governance will emerge and what practical steps governments and business can take. Political leaders, chief negotiators, experts, analysts and heads of business from developed and developing countries will offer insights into crucial issues including:

• The politics and key elements of a climate deal
• Alternative and complementary routes to climate agreement
• Prospects for long-term finance for adaptation, mitigation, and forest
• How national policy can create conditions to stimulate investment
• Can business lead on climate action?

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