Transcendence 2024

1

What are the ways in which Just Transitions impact women’s participation in energy production or sourcing scenarios?
How is it important for producers to make products themselves sustainable so that the economy can attain a circular pattern?
What are the cultural variables that prevent SDG success? How do we know that they occur as challenges? How do ethics come into such a culture?
How are known skills or patterned learning among stakeholders coming in the way of viable livelihoods?
How are price-sensitive economies impacting consumer habits in the midst of sustainability goals? What are the anchors of these habits?

2

How does human behaviour impact the conservation of forests, flora and fauna? How do we know that these are reported or disclosed today?
How does climate change impact habitats and human adaptation?
What are symptoms observed in health systems that trace land use patterns and human farming practices? What human systems do they call into attention?
What may consumers need to awaken to so that soils/waters/air can support sustainable societies?
What can be learned from the COVID-19 experience about immunity management in sustainable societies?

3

What prevents people in Indian cities from using sustainable transport modes? Which habits need focus to influence sustainability-aligned transportation in a just and equitable manner?
What are the blind spots in transitioning from fossil fuel to available technologies that draw on stored energy in batteries? What are larger system issues that human behaviours precipitate?
How are public bodies in Metropolitan, Tier II, and Tier III cities responding to challenges in sustainability? Which inter-group patterns, such as co-dependencies or covert processes, need further study?
Only 14% of waste in the USA is recycled into energy. How do we enable tracking and monitoring waste for reuse in urban India?
What behavioural attributes differentiate Urban India from Rural India in energy use and waste management? What are the lessons that Covid-19 has taught Urban India?

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Which social compacts resident in traditions of rural India can be leveraged for contextual adaptations in light of SDG goals?
How does formal education come in the way of discerning indigenous knowledge systems in rural or tribal contexts? What needs unlearning in these respects?
What behaviours are in focus at the interface between government and rural societies regarding ESG? How does this interface influence the progress of sustainability goals?
What behavioural attributes can micro-entrepreneur innovators in rural India generate for a sustainable scale with local material and collateral technologies appropriate to resources in their context?
What are the differentiated temperaments/behaviours that are required to support self-sufficiency for SDGs in rural India?