Envisioning the Dynamics of Partnerships for Change

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Originally produced on the occasion of the follow-up to the Earth Summit (1992, Rio de Janeiro) held in Manchester (1993)
on the initiative of the UK Government's Department of the Environment.

Introduction

There is a real challenge to current capacity to envisage dynamics appropriate to global strategic events dealing with intractable issues -- especially if, as some hope, they are to take a more permanent form of relevance to the 21st century.

This note is therefore one exercise in envisioning how such a gathering might function. The main interest here lies in the nature of the dialogue process, and how it may transcend the difficulties usually encountered in international gatherings that bring together very different perspectives -- reflecting differences that may be considered quite intractable.