by Mark Swilling | Oct 17, 2015 | Blog
As I boarded the train heading down from the snowy mountain world of Davos, Switzerland, to get to Zurich airport, I was surprised to find myself sharing a table with three South Africans. One turned out to be Katlego – a graduate from some years ago from our...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
Structural Transformation in Africa and Resource Governance Just delivered a talk at the Resource Governance Workshop convened by the International Resource Panel in Davos, Switzerland. Took up the challenge laid down yesterday by the ECLAC representative to think in...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
Sitting in a two day workshop on Resource Governance convened by the International Resource Panel, in Davos. While the snow falls all around us, I am struck we are having this discussion within a country that is used as a base by the largest commodity traders in the...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog
I was stunned today by the Facebook post showing Kumi Naidoo, head of Greenpeace, shaking hands with Franceso Starace, the new CEO of Enel, one of Italy’s largest energy utilities. Like Germany’s EON SE, Enel is committing to closing 23 coal-fired power...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 11, 2015 | Blog
Sitting in a meeting of the International Resource Panel, in Davos, Switzerland. I’ve been a member of this amazing expert panel since 2007. The Co-Chairs are now Janus Potocnik and Ashok Khosla. The recent adoption of the SDGs is regarded by many here as a game...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog
There are very few social scientists involved in the global sustainability discussion, and this is reflected in the fact that so little of any sense gets said about the politics and social dynamics of the current polycrisis and the transitions underway to more...
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