Hybrids, Bifocals, Tipping Points and Speed Dating:Report from the Resilience-Vulnerability Colloquium – From Theory to Practice, From Disconnect to Synergy in Support of Sustainable Development
This report presents key points and outcomes of a colloquium organised by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Stockholm Environment Institute in cooperation with the University of Melbourne.
Miller, F.; Klocker Larsen, R.; Thomalla, F. (2008). Hybrids, Bifocals, Tipping Points and Speed Dating:Report from the Resilience-Vulnerability Colloquium - From Theory to Practice, From Disconnect to Synergy in Support of Sustainable Development. Miller, F., Larsen, R.K. and F. Thomalla (2008). Hybrids, bifocals, tipping points and speed dating: Report from the Resilience-Vulnerability Colloquium: From theory to practice, from disconnect to synergy in support of sustainable development. Stockholm: SEI. SEI project report.
The workshop aimed to:
Advance a new and comprehensive understanding of how resilience and vulnerability concepts interlink and offer synergies
Improve synthesis of ongoing case studies that bring a resilience and vulnerability approach to pressing development problems
Improve the translation of resilience and vulnerability research into operational management concepts by mainstreaming resilience and vulnerability into policy and management practices towards sustainability and poverty reduction
Perspective /
Gary Haq reflects on the European Court's recent linking of climate change and human rights, stressing urgent need for older people's protection.