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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals present a new social contract for the world in the quest to achieve ways of living and economic well-being that no longer undermines the biological and physical life-support systems that human development depends on. Currently, we are following a very dangerous path, facing potentially irreversible and disastrous impacts, due to rising global environmental ...

The German Environment Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) invite you to attend a conference on “Sustainability Transformation Conference 2020: Socio-ecological transformation on the fast track – Covid-19 as catalyst of change?”.The digital conference will focus on the transformation of the economy and society to ...

Our flagships established new and innovative formats to ensure the transfer of knowledge and enter into dialogue with wide a wide variety of social groups.More than 20 innovative demonstrators and test systems in our application center illustrate the current state of logistics research for the no.1 future industryWithin the context of our virtual tour we give you an insight into the ...

In 2019, Dortmund’s Digital Innovation Hub took first place in the Champions Challenge of the European Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH), making it the best hub in Europe out of 500 DIHs in the announced categories “SME Orientation” and “Service Portfolio”. “This award is a great honor for us: it rewards the tireless commitment of science, business, politics and associations to develop ...

Within the next five years there will be billions of things represented by digital twins. These representatives of the physical world will lead to new possibilities for collaboration between experts of the physical world and data scientists. Digital twins are strong thought leaders who drive innovation and performance. Digital Twin technology helps companies improve the customer experience ...

In line with its COVID-19 response, the UNFCCC secretariat is currently not convening any physical meetings. But the work in 2020 remains critical for making progress on climate change and, as the Executive Secretary has outlined, is not in any form on hold. While the subsidiary body sessions (SB 52) have been postponed to 4–12 October 2020, arrangements for continuing work through virtual ...

This lecture will be discussing Alexander von Humboldt’s role in the Age of Enlightenment and Discovery and how his idea of the ‘web of life’ resonates with Oceanic philosophies and complex networks, opening up new pathways to the future. With: Prof. Dame Mary Anne Salmond, University of Auckland Language: English A lecture in co-operation with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ...

Humboldt was a gifted scientific communicator. His lectures inspired a wide audience and his books were bestsellers. How did scientific communication function in his day, and how does it work today? With: Sir Philip Campbell (astrophysicist), Springer Nature Guest Professor, University of Heidelberg A lecture initiated by the Klaus Tschira Foundation** and the **Holtzbrinck Publishing ...

Environmental and climate information that can be precisely dated by the year can be gained from various tree ring parameters such as ring width, wood density, anatomical structures and chemical compositions. Dendrochronology thus offers a unique archive and precise tool for analysing human-environmental systems at the interface of archaeology, biology, climatology and ecology. The scientific ...

Demands for more sustainability in corporate business transactions and on capital markets have been becoming increasingly urgent since the outbreak of the financial crisis. There is clear potential for innovation here; the law, with all its options as well as its enabling and incentive function, can and must also be used to provide a regulatory framework for the positive developments that are ...

this conference shall provide a landmark for today’s great challenges towards sustainability. A critical and constructive debate on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the focal point of the conference. Linking to Humboldt’s perspective on nature and humanity as web of interconnections, we target symbiosis between social, cultural, political, economical, ...

Alexander von Humboldt was a political writer. His collected writings show how resolutely he engaged as a public intellectual in international matters – against slavery, for the emancipation of the Jews and in the presidential election campaign in the USA. They also show the limits of his commitment and the compromises he made with authoritarian governments. His testimony in both these regards ...

As in few other areas of policy and politics, climate policy exposes the erosion of public trust in science and democracy. Confidence that democracies will be able to get on top of the challenges presented by climate change is dwindling, while autocratic regimes such as China are viewed as forerunners. Democracy is being held up against these views of things as the political system that is ...

At the venue of the historical Kosmos lectures, the HU lecture series marking the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt will be opened by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and climate researcher Paulo Artaxo. As an environmental physicist, Artaxo is one of South America’s most prominent scientists. He played a leading role in the 2007 IPCC Climate Change Report, for which he and his ...