The Global
Transition 2012 is an international network of organisations and leading
thinkers from the Global North and South that is catalysing a ‘Global
Transition’ by building a community of civil society organisations across the
globe to promote and deliver a rapid transition to the desirable and beneficial
economy that we aspire to.
The
ultimate vision of the initiative is a global green and fair economy that
maximises well-being, operates within environmental limits and is capable of
coping and adapting to global environmental change.
Stakeholder
Forum for a Sustainable Future, nef (the new economics foundation) and New
Economics Institute are working in partnership to achieve this. Working with
other partners such as the Green Economy Coalition and Bioregional, we are
aiming to grow the network of organisations from now, in the lead up to Rio+20
and beyond.
Why do we
need a Global Transition?
The path we
are currently on is unsustainable. But, putting the brakes on consumption will,
in the current economic system, trigger further unemployment, injustice, and a
major decline in human wellbeing. Hence, the tremendous appeal of business as
usual and the unwillingness to address the huge systemic problems we face.
However, we
are convinced that there is an alternative. This alternative is not just
necessary, but both desirable and possible. It means moving to a new economy
that delivers well-being and social justice for all without stretching the
Earth’s resources beyond breaking point. This requires a Global
Transition.
The Earth Summit in Rio, June 2012, with its
focus on the green economy in the context of poverty eradication, offers a
unique opportunity to develop a global roadmap or pathway to achieve this
transition and with additional ‘toolkits’ that can support the implementation
of these pathways civil society and governments alike can work together to
achieve the transition.
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