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    Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, January 29-31, Santiago, Chile

  • 29 January 2020 To 31 January 2020
  • Start time : 08:00 AM
  • End time : 05:05 PM
  • Event Host : On Sustainability Research Network
  • Event Location : Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Lo Contador Campus, El Comendador 1916, Santiago, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, January 29-31, Santiago Chili
Event Description

Much of the sustainability literature focuses on the Global North and on issues salient to policy makers in developed countries, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ozone depletion. By contrast, comparatively little is written on environmental issues in the Global South, which is rich in sustainability experiences and lessons learned in natural resource conservation, and where many of the challenges are being faced on a daily basis with limited financial and human capital resources. In Latin America, Africa, and much of Asia, communities struggle on a daily basis with environmental hazards as varied as land degradation, drought, salinization, and lack of access to fresh drinking water. ‘Land grabs’ drive deforestation and biodiversity loss, while across the Global South, conflicts between communities, firms, and the state for resource rights and access present risks to livelihoods and life, which in turn are highly uneven according to localities, socio-economic groups, ethnicity, and gender.

A variety of creative thinking and imaginative responses to such challenges can be found across the Global South. Communities are organizing to defend their neighborhoods, forests, and land from incursions by property developers, poachers, and business corporations. A plurality of different visions of environmental justice and social justice have flourished based on gender rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, and rights of nature. Within Latin America, the Andean notions of buen vivir (good living) has found expression in the constitutions of Ecuador and Bolivia.

The question of how the sustainability lessons garnered in the Global South can contribute to the transformative social changes necessary to promote sustainability on a global scale, and define short-, medium-, and longer-term priorities, will be considered at the Sixteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability in Santiago, Chile. We warmly welcome proposals for papers, workshops, interactive sessions, posters, and exhibits on this theme and on all dimensions of sustainability. The conference will appeal to scholars, social activists, business people, and policy makers.

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • On Sustainability Research Network
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • Maisa Rojas
      Director, Chilean Centre for Climate Science and Resilience (CR)2

      Carolina Schmidt
      Minister of the Environment, Government of Chile

      Joseluis Samaniego
      Director, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development Division
  • Cost
    • $350-650 (Late Registration)
  • Event type
    • Conference

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