UNRISD is pleased to partner with the Sussex Sustainability Research Programme and UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Action for Sustainable Development Goals to announce a Call for Papers for an international workshop on Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Bringing together academic experts from social and natural sciences, and national and international policy-making organizations, the workshop aims both to advance state-of-the-art research in the financial distress-poverty-environmental sustainability nexus, and to produce recommendations for policy action needed in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Deadline for submissions: 27 February 2020
Global debt has reached historically unprecedented levels at a time when substantially more funding is required to keep the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within reach. Financial distress has significant negative impacts on people's income, access to basic needs, health, education, and environmental poverty, especially in low-income countries. But what does this mean for environmental sustainability, for issues from air pollution to water quality, from biodiversity to recycling and energy efficiency? This is the neglected question which this workshop seeks to address.
The best papers will be disseminated through the websites of the co-hosting organizations and will subsequently be reviewed for publication as a journal special issue and/or an edited book with a leading publisher.
The workshop will take place in Bangkok in June 2020. Limited funding will be available to partially cover the costs for presenters from low-income and middle-income countries.
More information and details on how to submit available on the UNRISD website here.