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EXTRACTIVISM Lecture series 22/23: Climate change and prospects for socio-ecological transformation
26.01.2023 in Marburg: Climate change and prospects for socio-ecological transformation (Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre, Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
"The world is on the brink", with these rousing words Antonio Guterres urged once again on the eve of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference that the omnipresent talk about the climate should finally be followed by action. The UN Secretary-General has every reason to be concerned, as the data on climate change is alarming. Although the world seemed to come to a temporary standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, carbon emissions rose alarmingly again in 2021 to reach record levels in 2022. Although there was a decrease in climate-damaging emissions of around six percent in 2020, this is of little significance for man-made global warming. Climate change continues to gather pace. The 1.5-degree global warming scenario and even the two-degree target are coming under threat. In view of the catastrophic development, the question arises as to the prospects of a socio-ecological transformation and thus of social conditions within which it is possible to realize what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is now also calling for - a global sustainability revolution. Have we already missed the opportunity or are there reasonable prospects for a successful transformation? Klaus Dörre addresses these questions in his lecture. His thesis is that ecological and social sustainability are mutually dependent, which is why one cannot be achieved without the other. Both objectives are prone to conflict. Social actors can therefore only be successful in the transformation if they successfully manage the tension between social and ecological sustainability goals.
From the series
Climate change and raw materials: risk or opportunity?
Extractivism lecture series in the winter semester 2022/2023
It is already foreseeable that the global importance of raw materials will continue to increase in the coming years. Efforts to make the energy transition sustainable and thus help shape climate change require that raw materials are given a special status. The desired energy transition for the purpose of sustainable climate policy will massively change the raw material basis of the global economy. This not only means profound change processes for the countries of the Global North, but also has serious consequences for many countries of the South that depend on raw material exports. This challenges the existing structure of the international system and the global economy.
The lecture series addresses this problem context and approaches the issues initially from the perspective of Latin America and the Maghreb. The contributions focus on the relationship between raw materials and climate change from an empirical, regional and/or theoretical perspective. They are linked by the fact that they not only analyze the risks of the relationship between raw materials and climate change, but also shed light on the possibilities and opportunities.
The lecture series takes place on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. alternately in Kassel and Marburg. To take part in the event online, you can register HERE.
27.10.2022 in Kassel: 500 years of interdependence between Latin America and Europe (Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, University of Kassel)
03.11.2022 in Kassel: Amazon, oil reserves and corporate climate management: A Brazilian perspective on the achievability of the Paris climate goals (Prof. Dr. Anita Engels, Thomas Frisch, Solange Commelin; University of Hamburg)
10.11.2022 in Marburg: Patrimonial capitalism, pensions and development (Prof. Dr. Oliver Schlumberger, University of Tübingen)
17. 11.2022 in Kassel: Geopolitics of the "Great Transformation" (Prof. Dr. Markus Lederer, Technical University of Darmstadt)
24.11.2022 in Kassel: Petrolism in the Middle East (Prof. Dr. Martin Beck, Kurdistan University Hewlêr)
01.12.20 22 in Kassel: Supply chain laws and certification of resources (Prof. Dr. Lena Partzsch, Freie Universität Berlin)
08.12.2022 in Marburg: Oil and the middle classes in Iran (Prof. Dr. Mohammed Farzanegan, Philipps University Marburg)
15.12.2022 in Kassel: Circular economy, raw materials and climate change (Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold, Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig)
12.01.2023 in Marburg: Everything flows? The importance of water for the social contract in Morocco (Dr. Annabelle Houdret, German Development Institute, Bonn)
19.01.20 23 in Kassel: Is Latin America too rich for development? (Dr. Hannes Warnecke-Berger / Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, University of Kassel)
26.01.20 23 in Marburg: Climate change and prospects for socio-ecological transformation (Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre, Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
02.02.20 23 in Kassel: News of the "resource curse": On the relationality of unequal development (Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
09.02.2022 in Marburg: 500 years of interdependence between the Maghreb and Europe (Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa, Philipps University Marburg)