Future Earth SSCP KAN Development Team meeting on 2 November 2016

1. Future Earth KAN on Systems of Sustainable
Consumption and Production
Development Team Meeting
November 2, 2016

2. I.A. Welcome New (in Bold) Participants/Development Team Members!
Manisha Anantharaman, St. Mary’s College (USA/India)
Kartika Anggraeni, Switch-Asia (Indonesia)
Magnus Bengtsson, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan)
Halina Brown, Clark University (USA)
Anthony Chiu, De La Salle University (Philippines)
Maurie Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
Anna Davies, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
Masayo Hasegawa, International Environment and Economy Institute (Japan)
Cindy Isenhour, University of Maine (USA)
Charlotte Jensen, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Sylvia Lorek, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (Germany)
Hein Mallee, Future Earth (Japan)
Michael Maniates, Yale-National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Lucie Middlemiss, University of Leeds (UK)
Steven McGreevy, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan)
Babe O’Sullivan (Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USA)
Jaco Quist, TU Delft (Netherlands)
Patrick Schröder, Institute of Development Studies (UK)
Craig Starger, Future Earth Colorado Global Hub (USA)
Alyson Surveyer, Future Earth Montreal Global Hub (Canada)
Philip Vergragt, Tellus Institute (USA)
Lei Zhang, Renmin University (China)

3. WGMacro
WGChange
WGUrban
Coordination
Committee
Advisory Board
Journal Committee
Conferences
Committee
Funding
Committee
Development Team
FE Global Sec
FE Asia Hub
I.B. Magnus’ Schematic Diagram of the KAN on SSCP (Magnus)

4. I.3. Fundraising update (including establishment of a fundraising
committee) (Maurie)

5. I.3. SESNYC Grant (Possible Dates: March 9/10, 16/17, 23/24) (Maurie)
33 Total Participants
27 Face-to-Face Participants
23 SYSNEC-Funded Participants
20 Developed Country Participants
3 Developing Country Participants
4 Other-Funded Participants
6 Remote-Connection Participants

6. I.4a. Establishment of Conference Participation Committee (Maurie)
Global Research Forum on Sustainable Consumption and Production, University of
Sussex, Brighton UK, June 27‒29, 2017
European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Skiathos
Island, Greece, October 1‒5, 2017
Asia-Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, Date ?, 2017

7. I.4b: KAN Co-sponsorship of June 2018 Conference (Maurie)

8. I.5A: Status of Working Groups (Sylvia/Magnus)
Ecological Macroeconomics and Political Economy of a Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles
Sylvia Lorek*, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (Germany)
Magnus Bengtsson*, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Japan)
Tim Foxon, University of Sussex (UK)
Cindy Isenhour, University of Maine (USA)
Dimitris Stevis, Colorado State University (USA)
Leida Rijnhout, Friends of the Earth Europe (Belgium)
Eva Alfredsson, Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Sweden) TBC
* Working Group co-chair

9. I.5B: Status of Working Groups (Patrick)
Urban Provisioning Systems and Well-being
Patrick Schroeder*, Institute for Development Studies (UK)
Halina Brown, Clark University (USA)
Anthony Chiu, De La Salle University (The Philippines)
Charlotte Louise Jensen, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Philip Vergragt, Tellus Institute (USA)
Lei Zhang, Renmin University (China)
* Working Group co-chair

10. I.5C: Status of Working Groups (Anna/Maurie)
Social Change Beyond Consumerism
Anna Davies*, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
Maurie Cohen*, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
Halina Brown, Clark University (USA)
Sonali Diddi, Colorado State University (USA)
Masayo Hasegawa, International Environment and Economy Institute (Japan)
Steven McGreevy, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Japan)
Lucie Middlemiss, University of Leeds (UK)
Philip Vergragt, Tellus Institute (USA)
* Working Group co-chair

11. I.6: Identification of Affiliated Projects/Initiatives

12. I.7: KAN on SSCP—Tasks Through End of 2017 (Magnus)
Research and Engagement Plan
- Ideas for innovative and engaging activities
- Logical sequencing to build up momentum over time
- Identifying synergies and complementarity with related initiatives
- Clear rationale and niche
Preparing for successful fundraising
- Building relations with funders, involving ambassadors and door-openers
- Identification of “hot” key-words
- Establishing accountable governance structure and adequate administrative capacity
- Clear objectives and expected outcomes
Giving the KAN a flying start
- Branding, associating the KAN with something specific that stands out and makes it unique
- Outreach, making the KAN widely known
- Developing various kinds of partnerships/alliances, network of networks
- Building up convening power, ability to attract key stakeholders and scholars from relevant disciplines

13. I.8: Potential KAN Activities to Pursue: What Could the KAN Do or
Produce Beyond Holding Workshops?(Magnus)
• An edited book
• A series of researcher-practitioner workshop with high degree of continuity in participation,
intentionally designed to identify and address knowledge gaps
• An app
• A co-designed list of prioritised research questions
• A good practices database
• A MOOC
• A series of webinars
• A summer school
• Op-eds in mainstream media
• A series of short videos
• A TV documentary
• A manga
• A resource kit for X (X=educators, journalists, urban planners, ...)
• A manifesto
• A ranking of X (X=cities, retail chains, business schools, …)

14. II: Discussion of new Development Team members

15. III: Next Call