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Global Scenario Group

The Global Scenario Group (GSG) was an international initiative convened by the Tellus Institute and Stockholm Environment Institute. It was the predecessor to the Great Transition Initiative (GTI).[1]

History

In 1995, Gilberto Gallopín and Paul Raskin formed the GSG for the purpose of “illuminating the requirements for a transition to sustainability.”[1:1] GSG was organized under the auspices of the Tellus Institute and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), and “conducted a series of studies and simulations to illuminate global challenges and possibilities.”[1:2] Its work was “supported by foundations, individual donations, and international organizations,”[2] including the Rockefeller Foundation, Steven Rockefeller, the Nippon Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).[3][4]

GSG culminated in the 2002 publication of an essay titled, “Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead.“[2:1] The report was authored by Raskin, Gallopín, Tariq Banuri, Pablo Gutman, Al Hammond, Robert Kates and Rob Swart.[3:1] In June 2003, GSG was reorganized as the Great Transition Initiative (GTI).[1:3][2:2]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Paul Raskin Co-Coordinator[5] Tellus Institute
Gilberto Gallopín Co-Coordinator International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)[4:1]
Tariq Banuri Member Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
Khaled Mohamed Fahmy Member -
Tibor Faragó Member -
Nadezhda Gaponenko Member -
Gordan Goodman Member -
Pablo Gutman Member -
Allen Hammond Member -
Jeanne Kasperson Member[6] -
Roger Kasperson Member -
Robert Kates Member -
Lailai Li Member World Resources Institute China, Institute for Environment and Development (IED), Earth Charter International
Sam Moyo Member -
Madiodio Niasse Member Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo Member -
Atiq Rahman Member Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
Setijati Sastrapradja Member -
Katsuo Seiki Member -
Nicholas Sonntag Member -
Rob Swart Member Great Transition Initiative (GTI)
Veerle Vadeweerd Member -

Publications

  1. Aims and Background. Great Transition Initiative. Retrieved November 29, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241129003958/https://greattransition.org/about/aims-and-background ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Who We Are. Great Transition Initiative. Retrieved August 16, 2006, from https://web.archive.org/web/20060816042543/http://www.gtinitiative.org/default.asp?action=57#unit ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Raskin, P., Banuri, T., Gallopín, G., Gutman, P., Hammond, A., Kates, R., & Swart, R. (2002). Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead. Great Transition Initiative; Global Scenario Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20060816042737/http://www.gtinitiative.org/documents/Great_Transitions.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Organization and Funding. Global Scenario Group. Retrieved January 16, 1998, from https://web.archive.org/web/19980116104000/http://gsg.org/gsgmem.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  5. About the GSG. Global Scenario Group. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241203035056/https://gsg.org/about-the-gsg.html#/ ↩︎

  6. Organization and Funding. Global Scenario Group. Retrieved December 9, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20011209153059/http://www.gsg.org:80/gsgmem.html ↩︎