Provisioning systems for a good life within planetary boundaries

Fanning, Andrew L.; O’Neill, Daniel W.; Büchs, Milena

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102135

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“…also [54]). This is consistent with the more comprehensive system of provision approach (SoP) [55], that denotes an interdisciplinary framework to, inter alia, identify "how resource use is impacted by a very specific system of provision in each place and time" [56] (p. 5). Therefore, "no 'optimal' System of Provision" exists and "sustainability solutions require close attention to material culture in each case" [56] (p. 5).…”

Section: Ecology and The Reframing Of Wellbeing: Provisioning For Human Needs In A Safe And Just Spacesupporting

confidence: 73%

The Foundational Economy as a Cornerstone for a Social–Ecological Transformation

2021

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This theoretical paper synthesises research on the foundational economy and its contribution to a social–ecological transformation. While foundational thinking offers rich concepts and policies to transition towards such transformation, it fails to grasp the systematic non-sustainability of capitalism. This weakness can be overcome by enriching contemporary foundational thinking with feminist and ecological economics. Whereas the feminist critique problematises foundational thinking’s focus on paid labour, the ecological critique targets Sen’s capability approach as a key inspiration of foundational thinking, arguing that a theory of human needs is better suited to conceptualise wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Based on this, we outline a novel schema of economic zones and discuss their differentiated contributions to the satisfaction of human needs. By privileging need satisfaction, such broadened foundational thinking demotes the tradable sector and rentier economy, thereby revaluating unpaid work as well as respecting ecological imperatives. This empowers new articulations of social and ecological struggles to improve living conditions in the short run, while having the potential in the long run to undermine capitalism from within.

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Section: Ecology and The Reframing Of Wellbeing: Provisioning For Human Needs In A Safe And Just Spacesupporting

confidence: 73%

The Foundational Economy as a Cornerstone for a Social–Ecological Transformation

2021

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“…A system can be conceptualized as a loop (or set of interconnected loops) of cause-effect dynamics between factors and/or events that, by recurring over and over in cycles, structurally influence a certain configuration and/or resource level (e.g., see Abdelkafi & Täuscher, 2016). Systems are particularly valuable if their functioning stabilizes a desirable configuration and/or optimizes the level of a certain resource for collective benefit (Fanning et al, 2020). For example, a healthy natural ecosystem regenerates a configuration in which biodiversity is maximized; similarly, a successful value chain is composed of dynamic loops that keep employment and profits at high levels.…”

Section: System-level Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grand challenges and entrepreneurship: Emerging issues, research streams, and theoretical landscape

2021

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This study discusses how the role of entrepreneurship in addressing the so-called “grand challenges” (e.g., poverty, inequality, pollution, climate change) is evolving and could further evolve, based on the ongoing conversation in the scholarly community. To develop the discussion, we conducted the following steps: (1) a computer-aided semantic analysis; (2) an analysis of the evolution of literature streams; and (3) a network analysis of advocated theories and approaches. All three analyses were based on a selection of 358 publications retrieved via a keyword search and 27 further publications retrieved via an analysis of five recent and relevant special issues published by important scientific journals. Our results show that the call to address grand challenges, particularly after the publication of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is radically transforming entrepreneurship research, with new issues emerging and replacing traditional issues as core to the discipline, marking a rapid and complex dynamics of research stream divergence and convergence. Similarly, the network of theories and approaches advocated by recent agenda-setting articles depicts an emerging theoretical landscape that is highly innovative. This new theoretical landscape revolves around systems thinking and Ostrom’s theory of the commons as the two key poles, with the embeddedness, stakeholder, institutional, effectuation, processual, and design-oriented approaches being the cross-fertilizing forces linking these two poles. In the final section, we present the nine articles included in the special issue titled “Grand Challenges and Entrepreneurship: Emerging Issues and Research Streams” and briefly synthesize these in the light of the ongoing evolution of the literature.

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“…This new goal represents a transformative reframing of both conservation and development; there is simply no way area-based conservation can be scaled up to 30% and more of Earth without directly linking management inside protected areas with what happens outside (Dudley et al 2018 ). And just as protected areas remain necessary but not sufficient to protect biodiversity, it is also no longer adequate to describe a safe operating space for humanity only in terms of biophysical constraints (Rockström et al 2009 ); justice and equity must also factor in to our constructions of safe spaces (Raworth 2017 , Fanning et al 2020 ). Finally, after decades of work, it is no longer necessary to debate whether conservation is primarily about people or nature.…”

Section: Step 3: Reframe Area-based Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Five Steps to Inject Transformative Change into the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Grumbine

2021

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Accelerating declines in biodiversity and unmet targets in the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010–2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity are stimulating widespread calls for transformative change. Such change includes societal transitions toward sustainability, as well as in specific content of the CBD's draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. We summarize research on transformative change and its links to biodiversity conservation, and discuss how it may influence the work of the CBD. We identify five steps to inject transformative change into the design and implementation of a new post-2020 framework: Pay attention to lessons learned from transitions research, plan for climate change, reframe area-based conservation, scale up biodiversity mainstreaming, and increase resources. These actions will transform the very nature of work under the CBD; a convention based on voluntary implementation by countries and facilitated by international administrators and experts must now accommodate a broader range of participants including businesses, Indigenous peoples, and multiple nonstate actors.

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Provisioning systems for a good life within planetary boundaries

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Cited by 115 publications

References 77 publications

The Foundational Economy as a Cornerstone for a Social–Ecological Transformation

The Foundational Economy as a Cornerstone for a Social–Ecological Transformation

Grand challenges and entrepreneurship: Emerging issues, research streams, and theoretical landscape

Five Steps to Inject Transformative Change into the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

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