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Evolving Sustainability
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The prevailing challenge with the current understanding of sustainability lies in its limited scope—primarily focusing on maintaining existing conditions while attempting to reduce the negative impacts of human activities on the environment and people.
This approach ultimately falls short of addressing the root causes of environmental and social degradation and fails to envision a future that not only halts damage but also promotes healing and regeneration.
Regenerative sustainability pushes the boundaries of this traditional framework by advocating for a paradigm shift from mere conservation to active restoration and enhancement of ecosystems and communities.
It posits that a truly sustainable future is one where human actions contribute positively to the health of the planet and the well-being of all its inhabitants, creating a world of abundance rather than scarcity. This vision requires a significant leap in imagination and innovation, challenging individuals, businesses, and governments to think beyond the constraints of current systems and practices.
To shift from sustaining to actively regenerating, the Beyond Lab offers a critical space for creative thinking within the multilateral landscape.
Amid overlapping global crises, traditional solutions often dominate, limiting our creative capacity. However, these challenging times call for bold imagination to envision a thriving future. The Lab empowers decision makers to co-create systems that restore well-being and balance, moving beyond mere harm reduction.
We are dedicated to exploring and mapping new narratives of development, challenging conventional paradigms to foster socio-economic systems that actively regenerate the planet and its inhabitants.
Embracing the concept of 'going beyond,' we focus on the 'beyond 2030 Agenda,' reflecting on how to leverage the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in mapping what the next development agenda should look like after the 2030 deadline.
This impact point seeks a significant transformation in the practice of multilateralism, aiming for it to be more creative, agile, and inclusive. The goal is for multilateralism to evolve into a dynamic and networked space where people consciously co-create both the present and the future. At its core, we strive to maintain the essence of multilateralism: cooperation to create a world that benefits everyone. Adopting a more flexible approach to multilateralism will enable it to regenerate itself to answer the needs of the world.
This impact point calls for a major change in how we view sustainable development and what we consider as success for humanity. It pushes for a broader, long-term view on sustainability. The goal is to go beyond old models of sustainable development to better link economic growth, environmental health, and social welfare together, ensuring sustainable development plans are inclusive and able to regenerate the health of people and the planet in the future.
This impact point seeks a significant cultural shift towards regenerative practices and thinking in the multilateral system and beyond. Decision-makers are encouraged to deeply integrate regenerative sustainability into the core of society.
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