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Sufficiency Hub Breakout Session
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This is one of the Hubs and Action Groups Breakout Sessions, taking place on Day 2 of 2025 GlobalABC Annual Assembly. Registration link will be shared soon.

Venue: Room 5, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany

As the world addresses growing climate challenges, sufficiency-first approaches present effective pathways toward sustainable transformation. This session invites participants from diverse sectors and backgrounds—policymakers, industry leaders, urban planners, sustainability practitioners, and community representatives—to collaboratively explore practical strategies for implementing sufficiency across multiple scales, from international agreements to local initiatives. Participants will have the opportunity to identify key leverage points, discuss enabling conditions and barriers, foster meaningful cross-scale collaboration, and collectively define clear, actionable steps. Join us to co-create impactful solutions and strengthen global efforts toward lasting climate action.

Agenda:

Opening & Timeline Overview (10 min)
 

Setting the Stage (3 min)

  • Introduction to Sufficiency First and its critical role in global climate action.
  • Brief presentation of the Roadmap 2025: vision, key objectives, and major action areas.

Timeline of Key Milestones & Strategic Priorities (7 min)

  • Recap of past achievements, ongoing actions, and future initiatives clearly illustrated through an engaging timeline.
  • Introduction of active working groups and open invitation for new members to participate at any stage.
     

Deep-Dive: Scales and Interfaces of Sufficiency (40 min)


Interactive Workshop: Exploring Sufficiency Across Multiple Scales

Segment Introduction (5 min): 

  • Proposing a multi-scale framework to define sufficiency across various policy and action levels.

Structured Interactive Segments (35 min total)

Interactive Visual Mapping:

  • Develop collaboratively a comprehensive matrix highlighting sufficiency action at each scale.
  • Capture and classify input from participants dynamically.
  • Facilitate discussion to understand how scales interconnect, identify gaps, and define strategic leverage points.
Next Steps & Engagement (10 min)

 

Roadmap Finalization & Call for Engagement

  • Clear synthesis of workshop insights and roadmap priorities for 2025.
  • Presentation of concrete opportunities: participation in working groups, sponsorship, and partnership development.
  • Interactive session closure with Q&A and participant commitment.