Join us in the upcoming webinar dialogue on the topic of Promoting transformative change through new eco-social contracts, jointly organized by members of the UNRISD Global Research & Action Network for a new Eco-Social Contract (GRAN-ESC) and the Human Development Capability Association (HDCA). The hour-long session includes a brief introduction of GRAN-ESC's work, and a panelist discussion on issues in responding to pressing social, climate, and ecological challenges intersecting research and policy communities. Discussion shall also attend to the UN secretary-general's call for a new social contract in the Our Common Agenda report, and include significant UN processes, such as the 2024 Pact of the Future, the 2025 World Social Summit, and the 2030 Agenda.

26th Nov 2024, Tuesday

• Europe (West) CET (UTC +1) 15:00 - 16.00
• United Kingdom GMT (UTC +0) 14:00 - 15.00
• USA EST (UTC -5) 09:00 - 10.00
• India IST (UTC +5:30) 19.30 - 20.30

Welcome

• Enrica Martinetti-Chiappero (HDCA), President

Opening introductions

• Katja Hujo; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Head of Bonn office & senior research coordinator

Moderator

• Chris Hopkins; Green Economy Coalition (GEC), Economic Policy Lead

Panelists

• Annie Namala (Executive Director of Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion, and National Convener of the Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, New Delhi, India)
• Manisha Desai (Executive Director of the Center for Changing Systems of Power, and Endowed Chair of Global Citizenship at Stony Brook University, New York, USA)
• Séverine Deneulin (Director of International Development at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute and Associate Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development, Oxford University, Oxford, UK)

Closing remarks

• Gabriele Köhler (UNRISD)
• Raphael Ng (HDCA)