Sustainable Development 5
Nexus and beyond: 3 things that matter for transformative change
Bipashyee Ghosh, a doctoral student at SPRU attended the Nexus Network workshop on ‘Transforming Innovation: addressing nexus challenges with radical change’ on 17th March 2017. Here she shares her thoughts from the day, arguing that transformation towards sustainability at the nexus requires attention be paid to transdisciplinary knowledge; appreciation of plurality and diversity; and experimentation […]
Facts vs Truth: Brexit and Sustainability in Turbulent Times
Nathan Oxley, Communications and Impact Manager for the ESRC STEPS Centre based at the University of Sussex, has published a blog post inspired by the triggering of Article 50 and discussions at the recent Sustainability in Turbulent Times conference: Today the UK’s Article 50 letter will be delivered, formally marking the UK’s intention to leave the […]
How the relationships between food, energy and water apply across the world
Andrew Scott, research fellow at the ODI, explains in this short film from the ODI, how the relationships between food, energy and water apply across the world. The nexus is a concept that tries to capture the interdependencies between the water, energy and food sectors; recognising that the use of water for agriculture and […]
Can the nexus help meet the sustainable development goals?
Can the nexus concept help to galvanise new discussions and insights about development and the environment? Or might the terminology of the nexus risk obscuring the inherently political nature of questions about how resources are used, who decides, and who benefits or loses from these allocations? Around 80 people from research, business and civil society […]
Sustainable development and the nexus – short film
Professor Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies talks about the nexus and sustainable development. Many thanks to the Overseas Development Institute for the film. Melissa Leach says If we’re to build development approaches that reduce poverty, we have to integrate sustainability into them. Sustainability isn’t just about environment, it’s also about economy […]
