Global Conference on Prosperity, Equality and Sustainability: Perspectives and Policies for a Better World

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The Global Conference is guided by the overarching goals of promoting growth and prosperity, ensuring equality and reducing exclusion for sustainable development. Special attention will be paid to institutions and governance that can have an impact through the right set of policies and strategies.

The event would feature leading experts and scholars on diverse issues of global development policy spanning areas such as employment and livelihood, health, food security and nutrition, social inclusion, social protection, governance and institutions, gender etc. and will be attended by around 300 participants, including keynote and invited speakers, panelists, presenters of research papers, commentators and important stakeholders from the academics and policy circles.

Aims and objectives:

• Expand the knowledge base about different conceptual frameworks and methods available to inform policy design towards promoting prosperity, social inclusion and sustainability.
• Increase awareness on the importance of evidence-based and inclusive policymaking and learn about different ways of overcoming practical challenges while conducting policy analysis and incorporating its findings into policy.
• Expand the capacity of young researchers and policy makers to assess the potential impacts of policy reform on poverty alleviation, equality and social inclusion as well as key drivers of human development.
• Forge partnerships between governments, academia, the International Organizations, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to work jointly towards promoting prosperity and fostering social inclusion.
• Provide opportunities for cross-country learning and knowledge sharing.

Key theme: Challenge of improving the environment

• How can the requirements of economic growth and poverty alleviation be balanced with the imperatives of climate change mitigation and environmental protection? How can climate change be seen as an opportunity to re-focus the development agenda in a more sustainable and equitable direction?
• What are the sustainable pathways for green growth in developing countries? How can growth be sustained without significant costs in terms of environmental degradation and climate change?
• How can decisions about urban planning, energy choices and forest policies be re-envisioned within the emerging framework of ‘co-benefits’ in climate change (which calls for meeting development objectives while also yielding climate?
• What are the opportunities available for reducing the impact of climate change? What should be the balance between adaptation and mitigation strategies?
• What are the pathways and practices to include waste management, landscape maintenance and energy conservation in overall strategy for climate change mitigation?
• To what extent can potential climate change scenarios be linked with current local environmental challenges? How can policy responses to adaptation be integrated into on-going formal/informal responses at the local level that also emphasize concerns of equity and justice?
• In what ways can existing indigenous knowledge and practices on environmental preservation and climate adaptation be incorporated into scientific and technologically driven adaptation knowledge?
• Given the acceleration in the rate of urbanisation in developing countries, can urban sustainability be achieved? Can the cities in developing countries balance the increasing demands for infrastructure and energy with climate resilient development?
• What mechanisms of governance are called for that offer better interactions across institutions and diverse objectives as climate change challenges are addressed both at the national and regional levels.
• How can we promote cooperation between developing and developed countries for ensuring green growth through global and regional forums and institutions as well as bilaterally? What role can developed countries play in supporting developing nations in transition to a low-urban, climate resilient future?

A detailed programme will be released closer to the date.