Climate

The claims and arguments in this essay have been inspired by exciting discussions during the “Future Workshop on Resource Equity" organized in Hasankeyf (Turkey) in Fall 2012.

In the Horn and East African region, there are many conflicts over natural resources at community and even national levels. The bigger part arises from deficient water supply and pasture for livestock.

Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the individual? Some of the most heated arguments during the Future Workshop in Prague originated from this conflict.

The momentum to re-empower people and re-establish their connection to natural resources is inevitable today. Participants of the HBS-Workshop in Hasankeyf worked on the chances of enviromental activism.

Food and agricultural policies are one of the main concerns for the people from México, Central America and the Caribbeans. New frameworks should f.e. respect ancestral farming practices.

The Future workshop in Hasankeyf, Turkey, with participants from Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt focused on solutions that could improve the current environmental situation in the Middle East.

To ensure that the oil, gas and mining sector is a blessing for all Cambodians, transparency is the key.

In the Future Workshop: "Resource Governance in 21st Century" participants from India and Afghanistan discussed possible solutions to key natural resource management problems.

In the Horn and East African region many conflicts arise over natural resources at community and even national level. Only a policy and legal framework could ensure protection of all the citizens' rights.

The predominant models of growth are completely misleading. The authors therefore are calling for a new approach that is "Rethinking Everything" that is linked with resource politics.