Headline: Veranstaltungen in 2021

The STRONG High Seas (‘Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas’) project and its regional partner the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS) are organising the Joint Workshop – ‘The Role of Regional Cooperation Efforts for the High Seas of the Southeast Pacific’ – which will take place online on 26-27 May 2021.

As countries begin to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change continues to exacerbate, COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 seeks to move towards increased 2050 ambition, conclude negotiations of the Paris Rulebook and shine a spotlight on the importance of non-national actors. The 2020 Climate Dialogues moved discussions into a virtual space. These developments raise questions about the future shape of the UNFCCC meetings and how they can best facilitate the global implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The term Global South refers to different parts of the world from a rather cartesian perspective and is being used at an accelerated pace. Such fact raises questions not only regarding its appliance but also related to its proper definition and what it implies. On the one hand, which metrics could be used for its definition, and on the other, which subjective features does it carry? These questions could be raised from a social, political and economical perspective.
The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) decided to promote a discussion with specialists from different countries and would like to count with your participation. Bearing in mind two simple questions: Not only what is the global south, but also where is it.

A recent IASS-UBA Policy Brief entitled "A comprehensive approach to the payment mechanism for deep seabed mining" was successfully launched during a webinar on 25 March 2021 with over 60 participants in attendance. The event centred on the core message of the policy brief, which was that greater emphasis needs to be placed on the environmental values and non-monetary benefits for humankind associated with the Area and its mineral resources, which are the common heritage of mankind, in developing the payment mechanism at the International Seabed Authority (ISA).

The Final Conference of the “Market Uptake of Solar Thermal Electricity through Cooperation” MUSTEC project, financed under Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by CIEMAT, takes place on March 22, 2021.

Die Universität Potsdam und das Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) laden herzlich ein zu einer gemeinsamen Veranstaltung zum Thema „Rassismus im Wissenschaftssystem“. Die „Black Lives Matter“ Bewegung hat die bereits lange Zeit geführte Debatte über Rassismus weltweit in die Mehrheitsgesellschaft gebracht. Wir meinen, dass sich auch das Wissenschaftssystem bei diesem Thema kritisch hinterfragen sollte.

After 20 years of on-and-off negotiations, the European Union and Mercosur states reached a political agreement for a trade deal. To become effective, it needs the ratification of all countries involved. Although the EU is implementing environmental provisions at the bilateral and regional level since the 2011 EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement, this is the first time that the Mercosur agree to such a Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter. At this event, experts will explain the recent developments and challenges ahead for both regions.

The scenario workshop of the project Investigating the Systemic Impact of the Global Energy Transition (ISIGET) uses an innovative, co-creative approach to build scenarios to better map the landscape of energy transitions based on various challenges faced by developing countries and emerging economies. The learnings will feed into participatory scenario planning exercises carried out in selected countries (e.g., Kenya, Vietnam, Chile). ISIGET energy transition scenarios will help inform energy policy processes and long-term energy planning.