"Seeing each other's pain" – in search of a new "we" in sustainability policy

We all have an interest in protecting our planet. But our unequal living conditions make it difficult to forge cross-class alliances for an ambitious sustainability policy. In her keynote speech "Building 'We' in a Wounded World" at the RIFS Conference 2025, Manisha Anantharaman (Sciences Po Paris) made an appeal to researchers and leaders: they should learn from the people who are fighting environmental problems on the front line to explore the types of political coalitions that challenge entrenched power structures.