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Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Colombia

Manuela Gomez-Valencia (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia)
Camila Vargas (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia)
Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia)

Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Latin America and the Caribbean

ISBN: 978-1-80117-865-5, eISBN: 978-1-80117-864-8

Publication date: 27 January 2022

Abstract

This chapter reviews Colombia's unique environmental and social features and Colombia's realities in the third decade of the twenty-first century. It is crucial to understand the country's recent past and to take its structural and historic struggles into account when building sustainable futures.

This chapter also reports the findings of a primary data research study using futures scenario methodologies. The study participants represent different stakeholders' visions of four alternative futures regarding the climate crisis and massive biodiversity loss and social and economic crises.

This chapter's empirical study identifies Colombia's constraints to building a future that is just, inclusive and centred on nature. In addition, we describe in detail the structural changes needed for Colombia to achieve the best possible future scenario (socioeconomic prosperity and resilience to climate change). Finally, this chapter offers conclusions and recommendations.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The authors recognise the essential contributions to this chapter by research participants in the focus groups. Their insights were crucial to this study.

This study is part of comparative research in partnership with six other Latin American and Caribbean countries on climate action funded by the Centro de Desarrollo Sostenible para América Latina (CODS).

Citation

Gomez-Valencia, M., Vargas, C. and Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (2022), "Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Colombia", Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (Ed.) Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Latin America and the Caribbean, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 161-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-864-820221008

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