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:
- Working Group 1 - Universalism and environmental values
- Working Group 4 - Representation and Decision-Making
- Workign Group 7 - Energy Equity and Environmental Security
- Working Group 12 - Ethics of Nuclear Energy Technology [proof]
- Workign group 13 - Energy flow, environment, and ethical implications of meat production
- Working Group 14 - Water Ethics and Water Resource Management
- Working Group 16 - Ethics and Biodiversity
The following working groups have reports on-line for comments and review:
5. Community engagement; 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]
Publications
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Ethics and Biodiversity
This report stems from discussions during the International Year of Biodiversity (2010) and the International Year of Forests (2011) under the Ethics ...
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Energy Equity and Environmental Security
This report stems from discussions under the Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) project and provides an overview of the ethical...
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Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on Culture of Peace and Human Dignity
This is the third volume of papers coming from the Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues that have been organized by UNESCO to stimulate philosophical re...
