The seminar is intended to illustrate the connections between our actions in the industrialized affluent societies of the “North” and the socio-economic dynamics in the emerging economies of the “South” to all interested parties, especially decision-makers and multipliers in business and society. The aim is to raise awareness of the complexity of the global sustainability crisis and identify possible courses of action for a global transformation towards sustainability.
Program
November 20, 2013
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: The key role of emerging economies for the “Great Transformation” towards sustainability Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn
14.00 – Lecture: Free world trade as a transmission belt of (non-)sustainable production and consumption patterns between North and South and the significance of the Doha Round Dr. Clara Brandi, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn
16.00 – Lecture: Possibilities and limits of sustainable urbanization in Africa and Asia Dr. Niels B. Schulz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg (requested)
November 21, 2013
09.00 a.m. – Lecture: Global land use trends between competing interests Meghan O’Brien, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: The economic costs of land and soil degradation and the potential for sustainable land management NN
14.00 – Lecture: Sustainable energy supply in developing regions and its significance in the context of global energy trends Dr. Tilman Altenburg, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn (inquired)
16.00 – Case study China Harris C.M. Tiddens, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Organization of Urban Sustainability Advocacy, Hamburg/Peking
November 22, 2013
09.00 a.m. – Lecture: The new global middle class as a driver of global change NN
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: What role does population development in emerging and developing countries play for the future of the world? Dr. Reiner Klingholz, Berlin Institute for Population and Development (inquired)
14.00 – Lecture: The role of India in the phase of global power shifts Dr. habil. Christian Wagner, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin (requested)
16.00 – Panel discussion
November 23, 2013
09.00 – Lecture: Transformative multi-level governance between developing and emerging countries and the international community: Opportunities and limits of global governance Dr. Maja Göpel, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Berlin
11.00 a.m. – Lecture: Nothing new in the West? The responsibility of industrialized societies for the prospects of success of a global transformation towards sustainability Dr. Steffen Bauer, German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn
12.30 p.m. – Lunch and end of the event