CONVERGE
Rethinking Globalisation in the light of Contraction and CONVERGEnce
| Coordinatore | DR. E.F. SCHUMACHER SOCIETY LIMITED
Organization address
address: "THE CREATE CENTRE, SMEATON ROAD" contact info |
| 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
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DR. E.F. SCHUMACHER SOCIETY LIMITED
Organization address
address: "THE CREATE CENTRE, SMEATON ROAD" contact info |
UK (BRISTOL) | coordinator | 73˙840.00 |
| 2 |
THE SCHUMACHER CENTRE LTD
Organization address
address: "BUSH HOUSE, PRINCE STREET 5th FLOOR" contact info |
UK (BRISTOL) | participant | 321˙856.97 |
| 3 |
LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Paradisgatan 5c contact info |
SE (LUND) | participant | 280˙165.20 |
| 4 |
The Natural Step International
Organization address
address: Garvagatan 9C contact info |
SE (Stockholm) | participant | 180˙691.00 |
| 5 |
HASKOLI ISLANDS
Organization address
address: Sudurgata contact info |
IS (REYKJAVIK) | participant | 145˙668.00 |
| 6 |
SZENT ISTVAN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: Pater Karoly utca 1 contact info |
HU (GODOLLO) | participant | 129˙456.00 |
| 7 |
GREENDEPENDENT INTEZET NONPROFIT KOZHASZNU KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG
Organization address
address: EVA UTCA 4 contact info |
HU (GODOLLO) | participant | 99˙253.36 |
| 8 |
SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
Organization address
address: BYE PASS ROAD 105A/1 contact info |
IN (THIRUNELVELI) | participant | 74˙083.00 |
| 9 |
Nome Ente NON disponibile
Organization address
address: Eva utca 4 contact info |
HU (GODOLLO) | participant | 52˙934.96 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Organization address
address: TYNDALL AVENUE SENATE HOUSE contact info |
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.