Sustainable Development

The global discourse on development continues to grapple with the challenge of sustainability to ensure inter-generational equity. The objective of the thematic is to build a body of knowledge and generate evidence that creates a stronger lobby for a system change towards sustainable development. It will focus on system-wide drivers, that would mean going beyond reactive and symptom-related actions to exploring the root causes and connections; as well as improving the scientific and socio-economic base and institutional processes and interlinkages that need to be understood to deal with the environment and poverty nexus.  Additionally, the thematic will strive to push for a radical transformation in our value systems, in how we do business and how we lead our lives within the boundaries of natural limits.