Dear Gep-ed folks Yesterday saw the launch of the Rapid Transition Alliance in the UK parliament in Westminster. It aims to bring together activists, researchers and practitioners working on sustainability to explore and advance dynamics of change.
The alliance is seeking to provide what we call evidence-based hope about how, when and where rapid transitions are possible. We are doing this with reference to current and historical examples from around the world. Amid some of the understandable despair about lack of action to combat climate change highlighted in the recent IPCC SR15, we want to learn from where, when and how things have changed very quickly. Do you have a story of rapid transition? If so, please share it with us by clicking on 'Contribute a story' at: www.rapidtransition.org<http://www.rapidtransition.org> With this form you can tell us about examples of rapid transition. They could be from the past or now, and from anywhere in the world. We are interested in all sectors of the economy. They don't have to be specifically about sustainability, though we'd like you to tell us why they are relevant and what lessons they might offer for rapid transitions to sustainability. Together we can then grow a shared understanding of what works to create action of the scale and speed needed. With enough evidence-based hope we can remove excuses for inaction and illuminate ways ahead for progressive, rapid change. Please do share this with colleagues and students working on sustainability transitions that might want to showcase their work or use the resources we are developing for teaching, research and activism. For more information about us, visit www.rapidtransition.org<http://www.rapidtransition.org> Best wishes Peter Newell Professor of International Relations Department of International Relations School of Global Studies University of Sussex Brighton East Sussex BN1 9SN UK T: (0044) 1273 873159 E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Co-founder of the Rapid Transition Alliance https://www.rapidtransition.org Latest article 'Trasformismo or Transformation? The Global Political Economy of Energy Transitions', Review of International Political Economy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2018.1511448 [cid:34D4185D-4A47-4369-9B6C-F0289E52D54A] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
