Social Innovation for the Sustainability

Items tagged with REFUGEES

PANORAMA
OVER 70 YEARS PROTECTING THOSE FLEEING FROM PERSECUTION: A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

Sophie Muller

The Geneva Convention, born in 1951, was drawn up in a socio-political context very different from that of today. The world has changed in the last 70 years, but the Convention remains key in protecting people fleeing persecution. 

ARTICLE
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPLACEMENTS

Miguel Pajares

The environmental disasters that generate the greatest number of displacements are those caused by humans: those caused by the extractive industry, agroindustry and factory farming, and those caused by climate change. The extractive and agro-livestock industry monopolizes huge areas of land and generates pollution that affects even larger areas, forcing many populations to abandon those territories. 

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Multi-stakeholer partnerships and transformation: the Case of Alianza Shire

Dalia Mendoza y Alianza Shire

The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) raise the possibility of aiming at transformation through the creation and strengthening of multi-stakeholder partnerships.