UNITEDNATIONSDEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME©UNDPAlgeria/AKALIMDEVELOPMENTFUTURESSERIESFebruary2024UNDPGlobalPolicyNetworkBriefAcceleratingtheGreenTransition:SocioecologicalSystemsandtheFutureofDevelopmentbyKishanKhoday1Theplanetarycrisisisthegreatestchallengehumanityhaseverfaced,anexistentialthreatcallingintoquestionthefutureofcivilization.Unlesscollectiveactionistakentohaltandreversethedeclineoftheplanet’secosystems,theroadto2030willbedefinedbyacceleratinglevelsofsocialvulnerability,povertyandcrisis.2ThepolycrisisexperiencedintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA)regionoverthepastdecadeisacaseinpoint,providingcriticalinsightsontheroleofecologicalchangeintheemergenceofcomplexmultidimensionalcrises.3Thispaperexploreslessonsandinsightsfromanewgenerationofintegratedlocalsolutionsthathaveemergedacrosstheregiontomanagerisksandbuildresilience,andmakesthecaseforanewsystemsorientationtodevelopmentparadigmsandpracticetoachievegoalsoftransformationalchange.Inmovingtowards2030,anewparadigmisneededinwhichdevelopmentisseennolongerasalinearsetofgoalsandtargetsbutastheemergentpropertyofacomplexsocioecologicalsystem.Complexity,CrisisandtheGreenTransitionWeareenteringaneweraofcomplexityandofpeopleintoextremepovertyandsituationsinstability,withatmosphericcarbondioxideofdisplacementsanderodingthefundamentalreachinglevelsnotseeninthreemillio...
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