At the COP24 conference in Poland, countries are aiming to finalise the implementation plan for the 2015 Paris Agreement. The task has extra gravity in the wake of the recent IPCC report declaring that we have just 12 years to take the action needed to limit global warming to that infamous 1.5ᵒC target. Although the conference itself is open to selected state representatives only, many see t...
Vom 04.-08. Oktober 2017 organisieren die Zeitpioniere innerhalb der Vereinigung für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (VÖW) gemeinsam mit der Forschungsgruppe „Digitalisierung und sozial-ökologische Transformation" die VÖW-Herbstakademie „Digitalisierung im Grünen" auf der Insel Schwanenwerder bei Berlin. Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung für eine sozial-ökologische Gesellschaft Die z...
By Fabian Scheidler In the face of climate change, financial crises and mass poverty, a growing number of people agree that we need a fundamental social-ecological transformation that includes all areas of society. Luckily, a huge variety of concepts and practices for such transformation already exists. These, however, have not yet been able to leave their niches. Why is this so difficult? Are...