CONVERGE

Rethinking Globalisation in the light of Contraction and CONVERGEnce

Coordinatore	DR. E.F. SCHUMACHER SOCIETY LIMITED    more  Organization address address: "THE CREATE CENTRE, SMEATON ROAD" city: BRISTOL postcode: BS1 6XN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: Roderick Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 9031081 Fax: +44 117 9031081
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙745˙968 €
EC contributo	1˙398˙152 €
Programma	FP7-ENVIRONMENT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
Code Call	FP7-ENV-2008-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-09-01   -   2013-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	DR. E.F. SCHUMACHER SOCIETY LIMITED  Organization address address: "THE CREATE CENTRE, SMEATON ROAD" city: BRISTOL postcode: BS1 6XN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: Roderick Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 9031081 Fax: +44 117 9031081	UK (BRISTOL)	coordinator	73˙840.00
2	THE SCHUMACHER CENTRE LTD  Organization address address: "BUSH HOUSE, PRINCE STREET 5th FLOOR" city: BRISTOL postcode: BS1 4HU contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: Roderick Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 315 5250	UK (BRISTOL)	participant	321˙856.97
3	LUNDS UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: Paradisgatan 5c city: LUND postcode: 22100 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Harald Cognome: Sverdrup Email: send email Telefono: +46 46 222 28274 Fax: +46 46 222 4526	SE (LUND)	participant	280˙165.20
4	The Natural Step International  Organization address address: Garvagatan 9C city: Stockholm postcode: 11221 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Josefin Cognome: Nyström Email: send email Telefono: +46 766997710	SE (Stockholm)	participant	180˙691.00
5	HASKOLI ISLANDS  Organization address address: Sudurgata city: REYKJAVIK postcode: IS 101 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Kirstin Vala Cognome: Ragnarsdottir Email: send email Telefono: +354 525 4085 Fax: +354 525 4632	IS (REYKJAVIK)	participant	145˙668.00
6	SZENT ISTVAN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Pater Karoly utca 1 city: GODOLLO postcode: 2100 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Balint Cognome: Balazs Email: send email Telefono: +36 28522000	HU (GODOLLO)	participant	129˙456.00
7	GREENDEPENDENT INTEZET NONPROFIT KOZHASZNU KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG  Organization address address: EVA UTCA 4 city: GODOLLO postcode: 2100 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Kristóf Cognome: Vadovics Email: send email Telefono: +36 28412855	HU (GODOLLO)	participant	99˙253.36
8	SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT  Organization address address: BYE PASS ROAD 105A/1 city: THIRUNELVELI postcode: 627003 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Charles Cognome: Christy Email: send email Telefono: +91 4622501006 Fax: +91 4622501007	IN (THIRUNELVELI)	participant	74˙083.00
9	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: Eva utca 4 city: GODOLLO postcode: 2100 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Edina Cognome: Vadovics Email: send email Telefono: +36 28415691	HU (GODOLLO)	participant	52˙934.96
10	UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL  Organization address address: TYNDALL AVENUE SENATE HOUSE city: BRISTOL postcode: BS8 1TH contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mike Cognome: Hobbs Email: send email Telefono: +44 1179288317 Fax: +44 1179250900	UK (BRISTOL)	participant	40˙203.52

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The CONVERGE project will build from the concept of 'contraction and convergence' that informed the Kyoto process. C&C linked the key social concept of equal rights to emissions with the key ecological need for reduced emissions to issue a challenge to economic systems to develop fair processes for emissions reduction. CONVERGE aims to re-think globalisation by developing our understanding of convergence beyond emissions-trading across wider social, economic and ecological dimensions of sustainability. CONVERGE will research, develop and test the processes of contraction, convergence and divergence in current forms of globalisation. The research will be based on systems science to integrate social, scientific and economic disciplines in order to create coherent solutions to complex problems. Key to the success of this study is the interdisciplinary approach and working with stakeholders from civil society, government and business. CONVERGE seeks to explore convergent sustainability relationships across different scales from local, national, global-regional to global. CONVERGE will research current examples of convergence in communities, policies and indicators moving towards sustainability. The project will develop a convergence frame for understanding and development in civil society and policy communities; accessible publications providing guidance and tools for the use of this framework; a set of Convergence indicators, quantitative and qualitative, that will be used to test and model the processes of convergence including development of a Computer Programme; and recommendations to assist policy makers to integrate C&C into the decision making process. CONVERGE will play a significant role in achieving the strategic objective of EUs global partnership: 'to promote sustainable development actively worldwide and ensure that the European Union's internal and external policies are consistent with global sustainable development and its international commitments.'

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Funded by the EU, the 'Rethinking globalisation in the light of contraction and convergence' (http://www.convergeproject.org (CONVERGE)) project developed a vision, policy guidelines, tools and a future research agenda for convergent globalisation and convergent resilience. The project team developed a streamlined notion of contraction and convergence that relied on two words: equity (in terms of social development), and limits (in terms of resource use and the physical boundaries of the planet).

CONVERGE modelled resource-use scenarios for 40 of the most important resources for development, and concluded that many will become scarce before 2100. It also showed that without major changes in resource use, this scarcity could lead to peak wealth, peak population and even peak civilisation in the next century.

Other CONVERGE activities focused on spreading and improving knowledge of convergent globalisation. This was achieved through several transdisciplinary workshops and conferences.

Significant time was also dedicated to policy review and recommendations. Researchers found, for instance, that there are major gaps between national and regional sustainability strategies.

Two new institutions have stemmed from CONVERGE: the Convergence Observatory, and the Convergence Alliance. The Observatory will be responsible for continued research and strategy development around the concept of convergence. The Alliance will form a professional network to promote the idea of convergence at national and global levels.