Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action
Abstract A number of critical disconnects across sectors, actors continue to affect implementation action on sustainable development and climate action. Even when technical solutions, political commitments, and funding streams are avaiable, implementation often remains siloed and fragmented. This de...
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| description | Abstract A number of critical disconnects across sectors, actors continue to affect implementation action on sustainable development and climate action. Even when technical solutions, political commitments, and funding streams are avaiable, implementation often remains siloed and fragmented. This debate piece does not present definitive solutions or conclusive evidence; rather, it aims to foster critical reflection on how co-design, participatory approaches, Living Labs, and epistemically connected actor coalitions may help break down institutional and conceptual barriers. It proposes the SCALE framework [Shared epistemic foundations, Cross-sectoral integration, Adaptive co-design, Local enabling environments, and Evaluation & expansion) as way of operationalising the Safe Systems for Sustainable Development concept presented in Lah 2024, exploring how knowledge integration, iterative experimentation, and locally grounded solutuions can help creating implementation partnerships that last. This approach highlights questions concerning resource intensity, longevity, and scalability that must be addressed. By facilitating co-design, testing and validation of concrete solutions at the local level, the approach presented in this paper invites policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and civil society actors to engage in a more nuanced and constructive debate on whether, how, and under what conditions sustainable development solutions are considered to be viable and hence can endure even in politically volatile environments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f5af52286db4abaa5ce977e50593a622025-01-19T12:39:07ZengBMCSustainable Earth Reviews2520-87482025-01-018111510.1186/s42055-024-00102-wBreaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate actionOliver Lah0Urban Living Lab Center, UN-Habitat Collaborating Center, Wuppertal InstituteAbstract A number of critical disconnects across sectors, actors continue to affect implementation action on sustainable development and climate action. Even when technical solutions, political commitments, and funding streams are avaiable, implementation often remains siloed and fragmented. This debate piece does not present definitive solutions or conclusive evidence; rather, it aims to foster critical reflection on how co-design, participatory approaches, Living Labs, and epistemically connected actor coalitions may help break down institutional and conceptual barriers. It proposes the SCALE framework [Shared epistemic foundations, Cross-sectoral integration, Adaptive co-design, Local enabling environments, and Evaluation & expansion) as way of operationalising the Safe Systems for Sustainable Development concept presented in Lah 2024, exploring how knowledge integration, iterative experimentation, and locally grounded solutuions can help creating implementation partnerships that last. This approach highlights questions concerning resource intensity, longevity, and scalability that must be addressed. By facilitating co-design, testing and validation of concrete solutions at the local level, the approach presented in this paper invites policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and civil society actors to engage in a more nuanced and constructive debate on whether, how, and under what conditions sustainable development solutions are considered to be viable and hence can endure even in politically volatile environments.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-024-00102-wSustainable developmentCo-designLiving labsCross-sectoral collaborationParticipatory planning |
| spellingShingle | Oliver Lah Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action Sustainable Earth Reviews Sustainable development Co-design Living labs Cross-sectoral collaboration Participatory planning |
| title | Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| title_full | Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| title_fullStr | Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| title_short | Breaking the silos: integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| title_sort | breaking the silos integrated approaches to foster sustainable development and climate action |
| topic | Sustainable development Co-design Living labs Cross-sectoral collaboration Participatory planning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-024-00102-w |
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