Sustainable development The global challenge of this century

This year, we are offering three comprehensive seminars at the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen, which are largely identical in content and open to the public, in which knowledge of the interrelationships and thematic scope of sustainability will be imparted.

Renowned scientists will give lectures on the central topics of sustainability.

Program

November 6, 2012
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: How long will water as a resource last? Prof. Dr. Petra Döll Professor of Hydrology at the Institute of Physical Geography at Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
14.00 – Lecture: Causes and consequences of climate change Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif Professor at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel
16.00 – Lecture: The end of the growth society Prof. Dr. Niko Paech Adjunct Professor at the Chair of Production and Environment (PUM) at the University of Oldenburg
November 7, 2014
09.00 a.m. – Lecture: Can the earth feed 9 billion people? Prof. Dr. Klaus Hahlbrock Professor of Biochemistry, former Director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: Sustainability – the challenge of our century Klaus Wiegandt Founder and Chairman of the Foundation Forum for Responsibility, former Spokesman of the Management Board of METRO AG
14.00 – Lecture: Education for sustainable development Prof. Dr. Peter Euler Professor of General Pedagogy with a focus on the pedagogy of natural and environmental sciences
16.00 – Discussion
November 8, 2012
09.00 a.m. – Lecture: The importance of and threats to biodiversity Prof. Dr. Josef H. Reichholf Former head of the vertebrate department of the State Zoological Collection in Munich and Professor of Nature Conservation at the Technical University of Munich
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: The future of energy supply Prof. Dr. Hermann-Josef Wagner Professor of Energy Systems and Energy Economics at Ruhr University Bochum
14.00 – Lecture: How fast is the number of people growing? Prof. Dr. Rainer Münz Head of the Research Department of “Erste Bank” in Vienna, Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)
16.00 – Discussion
November 9, 2012
08.30 a.m. – Lecture: Global Governance Dr. Achim Brunnengräber Private Lecturer in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Free University of Berlin, Deputy Professor at the TU Dresden, Chair of International Politics and Center for International Studies (ZIS)
10.00 a.m. – Lecture: The Great Transformation towards Sustainability Dr. Bernd Sommer Research Associate at the Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design & Research (NEC) at the University of Flensburg
11.00 a.m. – Discussion