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Ethics in Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) Project

The ECCAP project is producing policy reports that combine science and philosophy. There are 17 working groups and details of working group members, meetings, case studies and other contacts are available on-line.

The following working groups have published books:

The following working groups have reports on-line for comments and review:
5. Community engagement; 7. Energy equity and human security; 9. Adoption & development of energy technologies (state of the art review of Algal Technology); 10. Ethical frameworks for research agendas and policy 15. Gender, Environment and Energy Technologies; 

The following working groups have outlines on-line and reports in preparation:
2. Ethical worldviews of nature; 3. Visions and hopes of the future; 11. Educational frameworks for environmental ethics; 

Publications of many of the reports from ECCAP extend the Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Ethics series which had already published edited volume on the topics of Environmental Ethics, Bioethics and Biotechnology, Medical Ethics, Bioethics Education and Ethics of Science and Technology.

You can download them all from the UNESCO Bangkok SHS publications page.

In Focus: Opportunities for Partnerships

RUSHSAP shapes our Common Future and aims to:

  • Introduce new legislation, consistent with UNESCO and UN Declarations;
  • Develop new teaching programs;
  • Effect curriculum change in ethics, values, security and peace education;
  • Empowerment of all citizens as decision makers;
  • Ensure that policy makers interact with researchers and communities in review of policies decision making;
  • Enable groups of divergent opinions to dialogue with each other;
  • Rediscover indigenous philosophical ideas and thoughts and integrate these into curriculum, common knowledge and policy making across the world.

Related document [pdf file - 772 kb]

Opportunities for Partnerships
with the Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences
in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP)