Events in 2021

Making a new contract with nature in 2021- Green Economics Institute Biodiversity Summit 1 Afternoon February 17th 2021

16.00-20.00- PM UK time

Preparing for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference Conference of Parties (COP15) the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) 16.00-20.00- PM UK time

Biodiversity- the big new story in 2021. Stopping the 6th Ever Mass extinction of species, creating diversity and inclusion in nature.

It is well known that expert opinion points to our maltreatment of nature as the leading cause of most pandemics in history including the current one. However with our renewed industrialisation of food, this time its bigger and different and more deeply engrained in our economics and food and agriculture systems.

Our utter lack of respect of nature has meant we have now managed to wipe out a large percentage of insects and other animals and this presents a real and present danger to us.

How did we do something so catastrophic, how did we not even notice it happening and how on earth can we turn this round and move forward into an age of caring and sharing the planet with our neighbours.

The United Nations is running 2 major conferences this year which will address some of this. The IPBES has issued a number of incredibly important benchmark reports as has the IPCC and the UNFCCC. One of these will be in May in China

. We take you through what they mean and what initiatives are out there to help us through and how you personally can get involved and do something about this, for your own sake and for future generations.

The green economics institute has always taken a lead in warning that this was happening- we are very sad that we were correct – now come and find out how it all works and what you can do.

Making a new contract with nature and the biocene.

Come along to this workshop and find out much much more

Register today here to hear experts give us the information and then participate in discussions about what we can all do together.

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Programme

Invited speakers -3 panel debates

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

Break 15 minutes

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.

Break 15. minutes

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

Break 15 minutes

Panel 3- The Economics and Methodology of preserving life on earth. 19.00-20.15

Policy choices for Nature based solutions, Nature positive agenda, 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

Martin Koehring Director The Economist Magazine Lead on Marine Ecosystems – The Industry viewpoint

Dr Vandana Shiva, India Author Monocultures. and many other influencial books and speeches.

Dr Rudolf Buehrer Ecoland Farmer and expert in Biodiversity and nature. The Ark of Pepper Campaign to preserve Biodiversity of Pepper species.

Break 15 minutes

Concluding session 20.30-20.45

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.

Green Economics and the role of nature (Kennet 2006)

Over the last few hundred years, mainstream economics has tamed and used nature as an expendable given resource, and has only valued scarce resources. Nature is abundant and therefore has been treated as a ‘free good’ and resource, and has been disregarded even though it is becoming more apparent that nature holds up the world economy and it is becoming more visibly fragile and ‘scarce’. Goldsmith (2005) shows that Environmental Economics does attempt to adjust neo-liberal economics to the needs and costs of nature. However, this only works if the adjustments are small, whereas if it tries to adjust to the whole of nature’s carrying capacity, which Goldsmith argues it does, then clearly the discipline of economics needs to be rewritten in order to include and to take into account the role of nature. This is the work of Green Economics.Choose an image

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