The Green Deal will need to make at least three fundamental connections in 2020 in order to become successful ...
Combining social, technological and economic perspectives is required for successful change. ...
Citizens need to be at the heart of sustainability policy making in cities. ...
Change towards global sustainability starts with feeling connected to your local environment. ...
A successful global energy transition requires new narratives for change. ...
New solutions for sustainability are required to close the huge gaps between announced policy ambitions worldwide and actions in practice. SPA Sustainability believes that a successful transition will require major social changes next to technological innovation and economic incentives. Involving potential losers of change, reducing global welfare gaps and finding new meanings to welfare beyond consumerism are some of the main solutions that SPA Sustainability aims to contribute to.
Research projects and initiatives to support sustainability in practice are key products of SPA Sustainability.
Sustainability starts with integral views on change. Tailored interdisciplinary training and teaching can provide the essential skills and knowledge.
Public discussion on conditions for successful sustainable development is stimulated through columns and book reviews.
April 2020 – Are you interested in the social and political side of energy transition? Join the online Summer Course “Energy Transition in a Fossil World” at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 6 to 17 July 2020. With virtual excursions to Shell, Milieudefensie, the Dutch Ministry of Economic…
April 2020 – Long-term effects on global sustainability of the corona crisis have to be sought in a fundamental and lasting mentality shift in the minds of people because of the crisis. The main change is likely to be the increased perception of…