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In the midst of climate change and global economic development, numerous prescriptions for solutions emerge to mitigate problems and pave the way toward a sustainable future. However, a lingering question persists: are these solutions universally applicable?
Ian Scoones, a British agricultural ecologist and prolific writer, delves into the notion that perhaps the key to attaining a sustainable future lies in one simple action: listening to the people.
Professor Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. He is also the co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex and joint convenor of the Future Agricultures Consortium.
Ian laid down the foundation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we know today through his famous work, Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) which was established in the late 1990s.