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 and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) project. Adopting the definition of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the report reviews international law with attention to ethical aspects and analyses the concept of biodiversity as applied to genes, microbes, ecosystems and the planet as a whole. The report applies a variety of ethical...

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, economic and legal issues associated with energy equity and environmental security. Access to an effective, reliable and safe set of energy resources is one of the most important development goals in the Asia-Pacific region. The report considers options that could provide impetus for energy security against a backdrop of poverty and a lack of...

UNESCO Courier (October-December 2011)

For the first time, the humanist project has acquired a universal dimension. Read: Humanism: a new idea

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 reflection on contemporary themes. It is aimed to broaden intercultural communication, to strengthen the role of philosophy in public policy, and to promote the teaching of non-Western philosophies around the world. The papers in this volume are written by individuals expressing their own opinions in the context of dialogues between philosophers in...

Water Ethics and Water Resource Management (Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) Project, Working Group 14 Report)

The report is the product of international collaboration between members of Working Group 14 on “Water Ethics and Water Resource Management” established under the Chairship of the Center for Water Research, Peking University, China, under the framework of the Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and Pacific project (ECCAP), launched in September 2007 by the Regional Unit in Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) at UNESCO Bangkok.

The Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and...

Representation and Decision-Making in Environment Planning with Emphasis on Energy Technologies (Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) Project Working Group 4 Report)

This report stems from the work of Working Group 4 established under the framework of the Ethics and Energy Technologies in Asia and Pacific project (EETAP), launched in September 2007 by the RegionalUnit in Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) at UNESCO Bangkok. It examines the rights of states to make decisions on energy technologies for their people, and instances when such decisions pose environmental or security risks to the region. This repot identifies the...

Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights

Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2010. 129 p.

Editors: Darryl R.J. Macer and Souria Saad-Zoy

Universalism and Ethical Values for the Environment - Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific (ECCAP) Project, Working Group 1 Report

Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2010. 60 pp.

by Jasdev Singh Rai, Celia Thorheim, Amarbayasgalan Dorjderem and Darryl Macer

Asian-Arab Philosophical Dialogues on War and Peace

Editors: Darryl R.J. Macer and Souria Saad-Zoy

Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok. 2010. 119 p.

Teaching philosophy in Asia and the Pacific

This publication was elaborated by UNESCO’s Secretariat on the basis of a study published in 2007 under the title Philosophy, a School of Freedom –Teaching philosophy and Learning to Philosophize: Status and Prospects.