Fwd: Invitation to join paper session proposal on SCP in Cities at ERSCP 2019 14-19 October- Abstract submission deadline is extended - February 18th 🌍 ♻
Robert Orzanna
From: Jaco Quist - TBM <J.N....@tudelft.nl>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 07:53
Subject: Invitation to join paper session proposal on SCP in Cities at ERSCP 2019 14-19 October- Abstract submission deadline is extended - February 18th 🌍 ♻
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Dear colleagues on SCORAI mailing list,
Please find another session proposal for the ERSCP, this one on SCP in cities & social change thus linking to working groups within the future earth Knowledge Action Network and co-organised by me, Anna Davies, Patrick Schroeder.
Best, Jaco
Sustainable Consumption and Production and required social change in cities and a new Future Earth Network on SDG12
Jaco Quist1*, Patrick Schroeder2, Anna Davies3,
1Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy, Management, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, Netherlands, j.n....@tudelft.nl 2 Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, P.Sch...@ids.ac.uk
3 Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, dav...@tcd.ie
Abstract
Cities have emerged as focal points for transitions towards sustainability, which is becoming increasingly urgent because of accelerated urbanisation trends. Many cities around the world are already developing climate action plans that build on climate adaptation visions and pathways. However, limited attention and efforts are spent on Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG12), whereas SCP in cities contributes hugely to the environmental footprint of cities partly indirectly due to indirect impact in production elsewhere and transportation. Nowadays most consumers live in cities and urban consumption patterns and lifestyles are driven by technological and social innovations, fashions and styles, and global and local challenges. The consumption patterns and lifestyle choices of the people who live in the city are thus key for bringing about sustainable consumption and production. Therefore, SCP in cities is an important topic in the Knowledge Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP) that is part of the Future Earth research platform (http://www.futureearth.org/future-earth-sscp . There are important differences between cities in the global North and South both in terms of challenges and possible solutions, which is acknowledged and calls for different approaches and strategies.
In addition to a dialogue session presenting and discussing progress and current scoping of research agendas in the KAN, this paper session seeks contribution to show current state and progress on SCP in cities and required social change, based on the KAN’s Working Groups of “social change beyond consumerism” and “SCP in cities”. Contributions are particularly invited on, but not limited to:
· Conceptual and theoretical contributions on social and socio-technical change for SCP in cities, ranging from the individual level and behavioural approaches to the potential of network and practice approaches, and the level of social and socio-technical systems.
· Progress and examples in studies of urban metabolism, both addressing current state, progress in development of tools and methods and cases, as well as studies looking into options and pathways to reduce the current environmental impacts of SCP in cities and their urban metabolism.
· Cases and examples of SCP in cities ranging from alternative consumption practices to local bottom-up initiatives, and examples of best practices of prosumers and local production. Also papers addressing the pros and cons from examples of the sharing economy are very much welcomed, as are papers linking SCP in cities and behavioural change to the transition to a Circular Economy. Also examples of interventions and bottom-up initiates are welcomed.
· In addition, contributions on futures, scenarios, transitions and pathways of SCP in cities and related social and economic change are invited, as well as on participatory (research) approaches for (future) SCP in cities are highly welcomed.
In case of questions, please mail to the contact person at j.n....@tudelft.nl . If you are interested to join please submit your paper abstract at http://erscp2019.eu/submit.php?#call-papers and mention in the comments box that you want to present in the SCP in cities paper session, besides sending the abstract to the contact person. The abstract deadline is February 18, but please submit before, so that the session proposal can mention the submitted abstracts. More information on the conference can be found at http://erscp2019.eu/index.php . More information on the Knowledge Action Network can be found at http://www.futureearth.org/future-earth-sscp.
Keywords: SCP, CE, cities, social change, stakeholder engagement, policy making
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