Re-thinking Sustainable Innovation: A New Development Discourse
The climate change presents a challenge to science and policy makers to articulate a new discourse for sustainable development. Although, the Middle East, the cradle of civilization, was a fertile land, it was transformed by modern technology and new models of development into a vulnerable ecosystem. The Paradox The paradox is that we are witnessing high levels of poverty despite a growth in global GDP. Also, our natural capital is being degraded at an alarming rate. This is evident when we look at global indicators; i.e., the planet has lost half its mangrove in the last century, and about 70% … Continue reading