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| Leach, Melissa; STEPS Centre, University of Sussex; m.leach@ids.ac.uk; Raskin, Paul; Tellus Institute, Boston;; Scoones, Ian; STEPS Centre, University of Sussex; i.scoones@ids.ac.uk; Stirling, Andy C; STEPS Centre, University of Sussex; a.c.stirling@sussex.ac.uk; Smith, Adrian; STEPS Centre, University of Sussex; a.g.smith@sussex.ac.uk; Thompson, John; ; j.thompson@ids.ac.uk; Millstone, Erik; ; e.p.millstone@sussex.ac.uk; Ely, Adrian; ; a.v.ely@sussex.ac.uk; Arond, Elisa; ;; Folke, Carl; ; carl.folke@beijer.kva.se; Olsson, Per; ; per.olsson@stockholmresilience.su.se. |
| The urgency of charting pathways to sustainability that keep human societies within a "safe operating space" has now been clarified. Crises in climate, food, biodiversity, and energy are already playing out across local and global scales and are set to increase as we approach critical thresholds. Drawing together recent work from the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the Tellus Institute, and the STEPS Centre, this commentary article argues that ambitious Sustainable Development Goals are now required along with major transformation, not only in policies and technologies, but in modes of innovation themselves, to meet them. As examples of dryland agriculture in East Africa and rural energy in Latin America illustrate, such "transformative innovation" needs to... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Development goals; Grassroots; Planetary boundaries; Sustainable innovation; Sustainability. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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