World Science Forum - Budapest

5-7 November 2009, Budapest, Hungary

Thematic Sessions

Session I: Investment in Knowledge for Sustainability

Thursday, 8 November 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V., Roosevelt square 9.)

Investment in Knowledge for Sustainability I.

11.30 - 13.30
Room A
The Best Science-Based Governance Initiatives

Organiser
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Facilitator
Corrado CLINI, Director General, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, (IMELS),
Italy; Chair of the Board of Directors, REC
Rapporteurs
Andrea DÉRI, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD),
Janos ZLINSZKY, REC/Catholic University Budapest (PPCU)

• Corrado CLINI
  IMELS/REC
  Introduction, Outline and Key Questions of Session I.
  
• Timo MÄKELÄ
  Director for Sustainable Development, EC, DG Environment; Steering Committee Member of the UNEP International Resource Panel, Belgium
  The EU's Sustainable Development Strategy as Science-Based Policy
  
• Juan Salazar SANCISI
  Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador in Hungary
  Outstanding Debts: Internalisation of Global Externalia from "Ecosystem Services"
  
• László MIKLÓS
  UNESCO Professor for Sustainable Development, Former Minister for Environment of Slovakia
  Slovakia's Sustainable Development Strategy as Science-Based Policy
  
• István LÁNG
  Member of the Hungarian Academy; Professor; Former Member of the Brundtland Commission, Hungary
  Science Advising Government on Adaptation to Climate Change in Hungary
  
• Discussion
  

Investment in Knowledge for Sustainability II.

15.00 - 16.30
Room A
Paradigm Change for Sustainability ? Sine Qua Nons

Organiser
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Facilitator
Corrado CLINI, IMELS/REC
Co-Facilitator
Diana URGE-VORSATZ, Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy,
CEU; IPCC Member, Hungary
Rapporteurs
Andrea DÉRI, LEAD, János ZLINSZKY, REC/PPCU

• Dennis MEADOWS
  Emeritus Director, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, USA
  Systems Thinking
  
• Wolfgang SACHS
  Senior Scientist, Wuppertal Institute, Germany
  Ending the Dominance of Means over Goals
  
• Nick MABEY
  Founder Director, E3G Third Generation Environmentalism, UK
  Europe's Chance to Walk the Talk
  
• Discussion
  

Friday, 9 November 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V., Roosevelt square 9.)

Investment in Knowledge for Sustainability III.

11.30 - 13.30
Room A
Science-Based Politics towards a Paradigm Change

Organiser
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Facilitator
Corrado CLINI, IMELS/REC
Co-Facilitator
Yukio YANAGISAWA, Professor, Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier
Sciences, University of Tokyo
Rapporteurs
Andrea DÉRI, LEAD, János ZLINSZKY, REC/PPCU

• Stefan BRINGEZU
  Director, Material Flows & Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute, Member of 'Resource Panel', Germany
  Societal Metabolism: What is the Contribution of Multi-Disciplinary Science to Sustain Resource Supply?
  
• Yvan HARDY
  Chief Scientist, Natural Resources Canada, Member of 'Resource Panel', Canada
  Getting the 'Sinks' Right: Ecosystem Services in Global Well-being
  
• Ashok KOSHLA
  Founder & President, Development Alternatives, Member of 'Resource Panel', India
  Traditional Knowledge, Sustainable Technologies, Science-Based Politics
  
• Christian AVEROUS
  Head of Division, Environmental Performance and Information, OECD Environment Directorate, France
  Holding a True Mirror for Politics: How do They like What They See?
  
• Discussion
  

Investment in Knowledge for Sustainability IV.
15.00 - 16.30
Room A
Moral Imperatives for Europe and the World (Panel Discussion)

Organiser
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Facilitator
Corrado CLINI, IMELS / REC
Rapporteurs
Andrea DÉRI, LEAD, János ZLINSZKY, REC/PPCU

• Corrado CLINI
  IMELS/REC
  Introduction
  
• Angela CROPPER
  President, The Cropper Foundation, Member of 'Resource Panel', Trinidad and Tobago
  Vulnerable Small Island Societies: What Needs to be done for Securing their Future?
  
• Anna-Bella SIRIBAN-MANALANG Director, Centre for Lean Systems, De La Salle University, Member of 'Resource Panel', The Philippines
  The Promise of Lean Systems
  
• Benedek JÁVOR
  Adjunct Professor, Catholic University Budapest; Speaker, Protect the Future Society, Hungary
  Giving a Voice to Future Generations
  
• Recommendations of Session I. & Discussion
  
• Corrado CLINI
  IMELS/REC
  
• Closing Remarks