Survival Solutions : Climate, Economy, Biodiversity in a Pandemic Age 16th Annual 3 Day GEI Hybrid Conference – University of Oxford & Online (14th-16th October 2021)
About this Event
The 16th Annual Green Economics Institute Hybrid Conference (3 Day – University of Oxford & Online)
1 day at St Hughes College, University Of Oxford in person or online and 1 day online, 1 day in a country barn in the English Countryside or online. Virtual visits and sessions around the world.
Biodiversity, Climate Change and social justice and economics in a pandemic age. and inclusion and a caring sharing economy are the price of survival . 3rd Millenium Ethics and Ethical Codexes. Using Green Diplomacy to solve todays pressing issues.
Call for contributions for conference sessions:
Papers, speakers, workshops, cutting edge ideas.
Themes:
* Minding and Maintaining Mother Earth Existence and Public Agency Action.
* The Relationship between nature and human culture
* Imagine this is the coolest year to come- as the planet heats up
*How is our existence in the future going to look ?
* What we can say about the future history of our civilisation today ? Difference narratives -competing narratives -Debate. Techy or back to nature or wild.
* Evolution of sapiens, way we are related to food- and animals-which are our habits- can we really change our habits. Are we fruit gatherers or fierce hunters.Debate.
* What does evolution really mean? is it time to update it?
* Evolution -is it Darwin, Lamarck and Spencer – or is there a feminist alternative?
* USA arrival after 1492 is technically an imigrant- debate?
* Economics -how models are related to these models.
*Diversity. pluralism, which are the economic theories which can help us rethink the evolution of economics. How can models and methodology can help us to think about the future of economics. The missing dimensions of reality- in the real world –
*How big data- computational economics -how this is defining a new trend in terms of ideas and models – are they leaving reality behind- ? has there been a divorce from reality-from climate- biosphere and from mother earth. ?
* New Methodology–‘Multi dimensional economics’ – spatial, temporal, and movement. Earth, real time and evolution and ‘complex economics’ Debates- what is complex economics -what is multidimensionsal economics -what are the dimensions we want.
* Space time -economics -3 men with half the worlds wealth going up in symbolic fallic symbolic to the heavens -having destroyed the earth- ! Deepening the discussion about the symbols of economics.
* The symbolic drivers of economics – what are the drivers- and how do we change it to benefit mother earth- clawing back reality, health and resources. The well being of the other 9 billion people on the earth.
* From the anthropocene to the biocene to the Age of Stupid- why dont we save ourselves when we have the chance? Why dont we change what we do when we can?
* Moving in wrong direction -Branding and leadership today. Rediscovering matrifocal leadership and compassion and solidarity. Discovering new habits- food, relationship with sentient beings-and food technology and nature. Debate
*The Ethics of mucking up space and exploitation? commodification of space
*How to rethink our degrees of freedom -reconceptualise freedom nowadays- what does mean? one persons freedom is another persons nightmare- the reconceptualisation of freedom and community- and civilisation -responsibility- agency and compassion.
* Matrifocal main stream economics -a completely new era in economics is going to have to dawn -what does it look like? what are its basic foundations?
* Why hasnt homo sapiens saved itself and its habitat and its nest when it could? a great mystery- but one that must be solved now- Planning to do that- Debate.
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The three day Green Economics Conference will host a wide range of speakers from across the world, delivering presentations on a variety of topics from wherever they are, including on responses to the latest challenges.
Day 1 Progamme Economics, Economy, Green Deals, Build Back Better- Economics Futures in the Pandemic Age..Corruption green selfishness- is this the epitaph of the human species or can we do much better much more quickly?
Day 2 Environmental Perspectives 2021 The Time of Biodiversity and Climate Action and Recalibration of our entire role in the universe. Preparing for the 2 big United Nations Conferences in 2021.
Day 3 Social Perspectives in 2021. Caring for others, our own role in the pandemic, equality, inclusion, caring sharing and supporting each other. Theories of other, and ethics for the 3rd millenium. Assessing how to achieve the SDGs.
Debates, experts, workshops, campaigns, research. We explore fact, truth reality, democracy and the current dilemmas of technology vs freedom and surveillance vs health which are affecting everyone on the planet.
Do we want Factory Farmed Humans? Or do we want well-being and a work life balance exploring the cultural impacts in shaping a new human beyond homo economicus.
Smart Cities, smart women, smart lives? Young peoples futures, older people care, indigenous peoples, we are all one humanity. Our future is their future. We must work together.
Speakers
All currently being invited, please check the latest speakers list below
in the process of being confirmed.
Programme Day 1
Section A Values, Philosophy and new narratives for solving the challenges of today.
Session A1 What are our values today in a covid and warming world with mass extinctions and increasing inequality? -Values, Valuation and Valuing -in 2021- what counts, what adds up, what matters, what is truth, what is science- what is right- what is ethical, what do we do about those who have been left behind ?
Session A2 – Principles of Green Economics, Green Economy and the Green New Deal-? Global Reset, The Great Reset, Build Back Better. How are they constructed- what are their founding ideas and philosophies. How do they affect behaviours.?
Session A3 – Hi tech -digitisation and the future of the economy and democracy- now inextricably bound up together- can democracy withstand and prosper in the age of algorythms and tech giants? The next wave of the internet. Economics, Digitisation of world- the lasting legacy of the pandemic? or natural order of development? The re emergence of Technology in 2021-The role of health economics.
Section B Investment finance and economic cycles ?
Session B1- Banking and stability in 2021- the new stress tests
Session B2 The golden age investment switch has arrived? Green Investment cycles in 2021.
Session B3 Bitcoin and on line values
Session B4 Tech investment, Build Back Better -A just transition :The green economy and renewable energy and technology. Speakers include: Professor Baghdadi Mahmouz -Algeria specialist in battery power
Session B5 Humans learning to share the world with other systems and creatures ? Can we really learn to do it.? Is the age of man the hunter over- is it now time to nuture and enhance ? The age of the benevolvent gatherer returns. The Green Economic Recovery, No More Business As Usual, Global Reset, Build Back Better. A Just Transition: Diversity, Holism, Sustainability, SDGs, We explore how to change economics, investment and finance to provide a future for humanity, other species, the climate and the Earth. The circular economy, Basic Income, The Green New Deal – no more business as usual. The future is in our hands! Reclaiming Economics from its small group of narrow interests in profit, growth, greed and destruction – and turning it into something beneficial where all the World flourishes.
Section C Economics for social justice
Session C1 – Equity is the price of survival – Contraction and convergence –
Session C2 Man the fixer to womens soft power to heal? Jobs for the boys or an inclusive green economy ? Technological options from man the fixer?
Session C3-An Economy for Future Generations . Natural systems to care for the planet and the economy of the 7th generation -who really counts, who really matters- values, valuation and valuing.
Session C4 Debate on the scope of economics and private property. Can we ever own the Earth? If we have destroyed one planet – do we have the right to go and muck up another one? Hurting nature – the cause of future pandemics? 143 Million people being climate migrants by 2020 – is not a change – It’s a climate emergency! Species and people are all on the move towards cooler climates. The Arctic heatwaves signal warming unseen since before human civilisation began. We explore the climate science and facts and ask what does it take to convince people – that its finally time to act?
Session C5 The economics of food farming and agriculture – domestication ? Is the age of man the hunter over- is it now time to nuture and enhance ? The age of the gatherer returns. Our exciting formal Debate between natural foods and scientific futures, frankenstein foods, sweeping all life from the sea floor or lab grown food? The triumph of nature or the triumph over nature? Come and debate with our expert speakers.
Session C6 The views of 2021 from around the NGOs – which of the momentus developments really matter? what actions should we take?
Section D New Structures of the Global Economy
Session D1
The Emerging economy of revitalised international institutions-the United Nations and the World Health Organisation
Session D2 The role of the state-is now expanding after a period of contraction and the role of the debt- Keynesism or mismanagement? The neo liberal narrative is about mismanagement.?
How do we save the benevolent state -privatisation -enclosure a terrible denoument of capitalism -New perspectives after the virus.
Session D3 The corruption of truth and democracy- what do we do -how does it work -how can we heal the system itself? The role of the media in regime formation, corruption and the treatment of the media and roles and responsiblities of journalists in the comtemporary age? Can we continue to expect independent journalism in an age of privatisation and corruption?
Session D4 Greening the Japanese Ecnomy
The greening of the Japanese Economy-Environmental Economics Perspectives: Koryo Suzuki and others.
Session D5 Global Diplomacy and our new global network and research
Section E Partner Sessions -with other economics groups:
Session E1: Partner session with the Association of Heterodox Economics and their speakers.Chaired by Prof Simon Mouatt.
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Day 2 Programme Climate and Biodiversity at a cross roads Environmental Perspectives 2021 Towards COP26 Climate Change Glasgow and COP15 Kunming China, Biodiversity Summits.
Introduction and Setting the Scene
The Time of Biodiversity and Climate Action and Recalibration of our entire role in the universe. Preparing for the 2 big United Nations Conferences in 2021.
Section 2A
Climate Change and run up to COP26 Latest science on climate change
Panel Plenary experts on the link to pandemics and biodiversity and nature
Is this our future or can we change it? Race to zero, net zero, renewables
Panel 2 Plenary Climate change and the working groups of COP26 United Nations and our own delegation – what are the issues-? how do we each make a difference?
Session -Master classes- the science – the current state knowledge
Session Master classes- the law of international treaties- How the law works and why it matters
Session Governance -and how it works and why it matters
Panel debate -Equity is the price of survival – Contraction and convergence
Panel no 3 Our house is on fire-GEI Methods for putting out the flames effectively. The Green Economics Institute Policies to achieve stabilisation of the climate and provide for momentum for climate ambition. Green Diplomacy International.
Panel no 4 Climate change and climate science and climate action
Panel no 5 -Our report back from the GEIs United Nations Diplomatic Climate Missions
Break out rooms
Panel no 6 Marine ecosystems
Panel no 7 Forests trees- climate -the stage of the next fight and back lash
Panel no 8 water, rivers, landscapes, biodiversity and habitat, clean air and soil
Panel no 9 pollution chemicals plastics- recycling and reuse-
Trashing the planet- can we reform humans ?
Panel no 10 Renewables and the green technology revolution -how far has it come- what is its current progress and values?
Summary of next steps to save the climate and next actions and proposals for the United Nations.
Lunch Break
Section 2B Afternoon -Biodiversity – Keeping Life on Earth during an attack of the humans!Preparing for COP15 Biodiversity Summit and beyond.
Panel 1 -The situation in nature in 2021 Setting the Scene–Results of scientific reports- and research. the shocking state of nature and how humans have wiped most of it out. How this has helped create a series of pandemics and a new environment which threatens our future.
Speakers include
Professor Vandana Shiva, India
Bianca Madison -Vuletta
Panel 2 – Expert speakers and debate with participants
The activities in 2021 to deal with this- solutions, philosophical adjustments needed. Different paths and policy choices- humans at a cross roads. The International institutions -what are they offering and how do they differ. Economic Options- what are they offering and how do they differ.? Nature based solutions, ecosystem services – environmental economics -ecological economics-green wash or making a difference- or green economy and deep ecology and existence value approaches survival solutions-with the precautionary principl
Speakers include:
Dr Djana Bejko Former Environment Minister of Albania and currently its Director
Prof Asia Mohammed Sudan, IPBES Africa Lead
Panel 3a- The Economics of preserving life on earth.
Nature based solutions, ecosystem services – environmental economics -ecological economics, circular economy, sustainably managed fisheries- stakeholder capitalism-green wash or making a difference- or green economy and deep ecology and existence value approaches survival solutions-with the precautionary principle?
Speakers include:
Panel 3 b Fascinating Working Examples 1: Session 30 minutes.
‘The rescue of the old autochthone pepper varieties in South India – Ark of Pepper. A world heritage project’
Speakers include –
Rudolf Bühler, Organic Farmer at Sonnenhof, Germany. Expert in Biodiversity (Germany)
Also President of ECOLAND International and Farmers Association of Schwäbisch Hall
Founder of Foundation House for Farmers, Castle of Kirchberg – Germany
Plenary no 4 Biodiversity in the run up to the UN IPBES conference- Latest reports and science- setting the scene
agroecology, agriculture -intensive or extensive, fish, oceans, water, life on earth -can it withstand the on slaught of classical economics? How does a green economy differ?
Plenary no 5 Oceans water rivers and biodiversity and marine life and environments
The industry perspective Martin Keohring hosts 2 hours session Forestry and fishing
Panel no 6 Exinction stories and how to solve them
8 destruction or survival -how do the paths appear to us now in 2021?
Green Economics Institute Trust 2 hour special trustee address
Deep Dive Into Global Poverty Prevention
Early afternoon
Plenary no 7 Food and farming and biodiversity
Plenary session no 8 Virtual visits to forests and trees and the oceans
Exploring the Primal Forests of Europe, the cultural respect for Trees, the secret life of Trees and how they nurture us. Understanding the power processes which have sought to destroy trees and how we need trees for our survival and how to protect them and how to change the legal system so it supports life on earth, rather than endorses and reinforces its destruction in the name of law and order and the economy. Trees are life givers, oxygen creators, important habitats and climate regulators. We need them.
Global Reset, Grow your own! Ending Pollution, The New Normal, Reclaiming our own food, Fresh, Healthy, Life Giving Food, Locally Grown – the links between healthy food, avoiding pandemics, keeping safe and ending the power of corporations to skew our health, make us ill and then mend us all for a profit.We can grow our own food – all we need is light and a window sill, nature provides well for us. Lets not allow her to be destroyed in the name of profit and greed and economics. Virtual visits to farms, gardens and kitchens around the world.
Biodiversity Segment Preparing for COP15 Kumning China United Nations IPBES Biodiversity Summit.
16.00-16.15 Introduction; The Need for Nature -Making a new contract with Nature- Recalibrating our relationship with the entire natural world and making an entire new philosophy
Speakers: Bianca Madison- Vuleta (UK, Denmark, Croatia, Italy) and Dorothy Nalebega Uganda
Invited speakers -3 panel debates
Session 1- 16.30-17.30 Expert speakers and Debate with participants
Panel 1 -The situation in nature in 2021 Setting the Scene–Results of scientific reports- and research. the shocking state of nature and how humans have wiped most of it out. How this has helped create a series of pandemics and a new environment which threatens our future.
Speakers include
Dr Asia Mohamed, University of Khartoum Sudan, Economist, United Nations-IPBES lead Africa-Green Economics Institute Research Group
Dr Susan Canney, Professor of Zooology, University of Oxford and author at the Green Economics Institute
Dr Djana Bejko, Former Minister of Environment, Albania and currently Director of the Environment Ministry. Professor of Ecology and Biology.
Panel 2 – Expert speakers and debate with participants 17.45 -18.45
The Biodiversity Initiatives and activities in 2021 to deal with this- solutions, philosophical adjustments needed. Different paths and policy choices- humans at a cross roads. The International institutions such as the United Nations, The IPBES, President Macrons -One Planet Summit, Prince Charles Terra Carta etc. what are the initiatives offering-what are they offering and how do they differ.
Speakers include:
Prof Asia Mohammed Sudan, IPBES Africa Lead
Dr Vandana Shiva, India
Baronness Natalie Bennett, UK House of Lords. TBC
Panel 3- The Economics and Methodology of preserving life on earth. 19.00-20.00
Policy choices for Nature based solutions, Ecosystem services – environmental economics -ecological economics, circular economy, sustainably managed fisheries- stakeholder capitalism-green wash or making a difference- or is time to adopt a Green economy and Deep ecology and existence value approaches survival solutions-with the precautionary principle? Economic Options- what are they offering and how do they differ.?
Speakers include:
Dr Djana Bejko Former Environment Minister of Albania and currently its Director
Dr Vandana Shiva, India Author Monocultures. and many other influencial books and speeches.
Miriam Kennet
Break out rooms – all participants
Panel 4- Outloook for policy recomendations from the Institute to policy makers. Next steps
Core Next steps that need to be taken and where green economics perspectives can help us. Taking a more comprehensive view of biodiversity -some kind of principles- taking value can be measured in different ways. Can policy makers make sure they include this solutions- what does it mean for the institutes views on this topics.
Debate -what are the next steps -what are policy choices- ?
Concluding session 20.15-20.45
Conclusions and next steps – imputs to our main conference and to the United Nations and other initiatives to address this threat. All participants and discussion.
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Day 3 Programme Momentum for raising ambition on Social Justice –
Health, Pandemics,Gender, Indigenous world views, access to IT and participation in the world education and economy -time for a global reset.
We are all in this together, if we hurt one person and keep them in poverty and injustice, they are far more likely to become ill and we can catch it – so never has it been so important to look after every person and every living being properly. We exploit anyone and we hurt ourselves. Everyone needs the same opportunities as everyone else – we cant have just 8 men to own half the world’s wealth – its time to share properly.
Expert speaker panel: Chelsea Fairbank USA Anthropologist –
Indigenoius voices Panel
Agneta Granstroem Indigenous Sami -MP Sweden.
Session -The role of the internet in driving social justice in 2021:The Potential for the Internet in Driving Social Justice
The internet is a powerful tool. The wide potential for democratisation and social justice are evident, yet many of these movements have failed to develop into real social change. Paradoxically, the same tools with the potential for social justice have fuelled the very opposite. To effectively utilise the power of the internet for social justice, we must navigate these problems and understand how detrimental outcomes materialise. This book will explore the conflicting realities of the nature of the internet and offer solutions for reclaiming it as a tool for social justice.
Since its inception, this power has been recognised for its potential in driving social justice in a variety of ways. A space to bring together new or marginalised communities despite geographical boundaries; a public sphere for debate and deliberation; a means to spread information and hold power to account; and a platform for the organisation and mobilisation of incipient social movements; and various technologies enabling social change.
Introduction to Day 3 Panel 1
Social Perspectives in 2021. Caring for others, our own role in the pandemic, equality, inclusion, caring sharing and supporting each other. Theories of other, and ethics for the 3rd millenium. Assessing how to achieve the SDGs.
Sustainable Developemnt and Business- Professor Dzintra Astaja Latvia
Break out rooms
Break
Session 2 -The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on certain groups – ienquality- contraction and convergence of wealth.
Professor Chelsea Fairbank -USA Philosophy and impacts of Inequality
Session 3 Diversity in Action -Methods and tools for diversity
The Green Economics Institute Trust – Miriam Kennet and trustees
Panel No 2
The new importance of international regimes, institutions and trade blocks in determined the health and well being and social standing of humans and non humans- how do we manage this?
Leena Ahmed -Green Diplomacy International , Michelle Gale USA
Panel no 3 Mental Health, well being and Green and social Prescriptions
Panel No 3b Yanling Hu, (China) Panel Debate with 3 Speakers:
Global Trade Flows,and their impact on poverty and development and gender.
Focus on China and the USA.
Panel 4 the wages of corruption –
how do we emerge from years of corruption and inequality and exploitation into a green economy of the future?
Panel 5 The legacy of colonialiality and exploitation on our economy and society – can we re configure this ? The lessons from 2021 around the world
Panel 6 Understanding the black lives matter movement and why it matters and its symbolism for the worlds power and wealth -why we need to address this now- equity is the price of survival
Panel no 7
Equity is the price of survival – Indigenous voices from around the world- the amazon a human construct- whose is it- is it itime to listen and learn from our elders and betters?
Lunch Break
Panel no 5 Changing the narative of Migration the new normal- changing the narrative of migration
Panel no 6 Presentation Plenary
Our charity work and public benefit
Panel no 7
Towards a new philosophy of what a human is -values valuation and valuing- evaluating 10,000 years- was it worth it ?
Social justice and equality- poverty distribution – global family of humans
Panel no 8
Bianca Madison -Vuleta chairs a Panel
15.00- 17.00- Women and the pandemic effects. Poverty and social justice
Concluding Panel and Next Steps
Debates, experts, workshops, campaigns, research. We explore fact, truth reality, democracy and the current dilemmas of technology vs freedom and surveillance vs health which are affecting everyone on the planet. Do we want Factory Farmed Humans? Or do we want well-being and a work life balance exploring the cultural impacts in shaping a new human beyond homo economicus. Smart Cities, smart women, smart lives? Young peoples futures, older people care, indigenous peoples, we are all one humanity. Our future is their future. We must work together.
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