20.05.2015

WWWforEurope Lecture Series: Exploring the Missing Link in Sustainable Development – The Social-ecological Nexus

Main event: WWWforEurope Lecture Series: Exploring the Missing Link in Sustainable Development – The Social-ecological Nexus

Organised by: Project team WWWforEurope

Persons: Eloi Laurent

Language: Englisch

Environmental challenges are, at their root, social problems that arise from income and power inequality. Thus, inequality is an environmental issue just as environmental degradation is a social issue (forming a "social-ecological nexus"), and solutions must address them jointly through principles and institutions rooted in justice.