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IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies – Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer 1
The Sustainability Imperative despite Staggering and Interconnected Crises Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer
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300 years Hans Carl von Carlowitz
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• Efficiency • Substitution • „Engineering“ • Sufficiency
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• Acceleration of knowledge: acceleration of change
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„The extent of our knowledge must be equivalent to the consequences of our
actions!“
(Hans Jonas)
Dimension „Time“
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Potsdam Memorandum 2007
„Human activities are a quasi-geological
force.“
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“Mankind will remain a major environmental force for many millennia.
A daunting task lies ahead for scientists and engineers to guide society towards environmentally
sustainable management during the era of the Anthropocene.
This will require appropriate human behaviour at all scales, and may well involve internationally
accepted, large-scale geo-engineering projects, for instance to ‘optimize’ climate.”
(Paul Crutzen, Nature 2002)
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"Human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth is already an undeniable
reality,…"
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“…It's no longer us against 'Nature.' Instead, it's we who
decide what nature is and what it will be.“
(Paul Crutzen, The geology of mankind, Nature 2002)
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„Nature is over“
(Time Magazine, März 2012, Bryan Walsh)
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That are changing your life
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„Das Wissen muss dem kausalen Ausmaß unseres Handelns größengleich sein!“
(Hans Jonas)
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„A daunting task lies ahead for scientists and engineers to guide society towards
environmentally sustainable management during the era of the Anthropocene.…“
(Crutzen, 2002)
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• Geo-Engineering
• Nature-Engineering
• Climate Engineering
„Engineering“
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Natur im Anthropozän
• Hybridisierung von „Natur“
• „Natur im 21. Jahrhundert wird vom Menschen gemacht sein. “ (Daniel Botkin, 1990)
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• Langfristige Konsequenzen des Handelns
vs.
• Diktat der Kurzfristigkeit der Entscheidungen
TINA: There is no alternative
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Das „Urbane Millennium“
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Wirtschaft Soziales Umwelt
Governance
Wirtschaft
Wirtschaft
Soziales
Funktionen von Städten
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„Make all cities
socially inclusive,
economically productive,
environmentally sustainable,
secure,
and resilient to climate change and other risks.
Develop
participatory,
accountable,
and effective governance to support rapid and equitable urban transformation.“
Ein „Sustainable Development Goal“ für Städte
(The Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2013)
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Perspektive
• „Die Risiken der Automationsarbeit“, Johannes Weyer, 1997
• Den menschlichen Entscheider durch den Einsatz von Informationstechnologien tendenziell zu eliminieren
• Anthropozän 2.0?
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Vielen Dank für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. Berliner Straße 130 D – 14467 Potsdam
Web: www.iass-potsdam.de