Stewarding Sustainability Transformations An Emerging Theory and Pra
In the context of the world’s pressing sustainability challenges this new Report to the Club of Rome presents a novel approach to navigating collaborative change in partnerships between governments, research institutions, corporations and civil society ac
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Stewarding Sustainability Transformations An Emerging Theory and Practice of SDG Implementation
A Report to the Club of Rome
Stewarding Sustainability Transformations
Petra Kuenkel
Stewarding Sustainability Transformations An Emerging Theory and Practice of SDG Implementation
Petra Kuenkel Full Member of the Club of Rome Collective Leadership Institute Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Foreword
In August 2018, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America published an article on possible trajectories of the Earth System (Steffens et al. 2018) that, if not halted in time, would cause serious danger for the entire ecosystem and subsequently for our societies and economies. The authors, a renowned group of international researchers, warn of self-reinforcing feedback mechanisms through human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. Such pathways would severely endanger the stabilization of the climate and create a “hothouse Earth” that could change the conditions for life on Earth in an unprecedented way. The authors call for collective human action and emphasize the need for humanity’s stewardship role in collectively ensuring a safe pathway for human development. This, they argue, requires a shift in thinking toward seeing humankind as an integral part of the Earth System – and a much more responsible actor. While the urgency to find pathways to collective action has grown, the insight that only human agency can change negat
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