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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
The IASS is convening a non-public workshop on “Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Climate Engineering” from April 24 to 26, 2013 addressing the following questions:
• How do different religious and spiritual thought traditions frame the human-environment relationship, and how does climate engineering fit into or challenge this?
• How do these traditions weigh the potential alleviation of current and future suffering through climate change against the risks and uncertainties of climate engineering?
• Is it already possible to make conclusive statements about how acceptable or unacceptable climate engineering will be viewed within individual religious and spiritual traditions?
The event builds on previous workshops aimed at understanding the more basic relationship between religions and the climate change we are already facing, as well as building on current work being done at the IASS cluster “Sustainable Interactions with the Atmosphere” (SIWA) on understanding the impacts, uncertainties and risks of climate engineering.
On the evening of April 25th, there will be a public panel discussion starting at 5.30pm at the IASS on the topic of religion and climate engineering, titled “Climate Engineering: Saving the Sky, or Playing God?” In the focus of the discussion is particularly the question on the relationship between climate engineering, the deliberate manipulation of the global climate system, and religious and spiritual traditions.
The discussion deals with the following questions:
• What is the relationship like between religion and climate engineering?
• How relevant is climate engineering for religious and spiritual communities?
• How do some religious and spiritual groups understand the potential of climate engineering I order to compensate the effects of climate change in the context of its risks?
The discussion will be chaired by PD Dr. Mark Lawrence (Scientific director at the IASS) and feature:
• Dieter Gerten (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
• Shlomo Shoham (Former Commissioner for Future Generations, Parliament of Israel)
• Michael Northcott (University of Edinburgh)
• Venerable Vivekananda (Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation Center)
Attendance is by appointment only! Please register with media@iass-potsdam.de.
Hinweise zur Teilnahme:
The workshop itself is non-public. However, journalists are welcome. Attendance is by appointment only! Please register with media@iass-potsdam.de for the workshop and/or the public discussion.
Chatham House Rule will apply at the workshop (Chatham House Rule: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed”.)
The workshop and the panel discussion will be in English.
Termin:
24.04.2013 - 26.04.2013
Veranstaltungsort:
IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Berliner Straße 130
14467 Potsdam
Brandenburg
Deutschland
Zielgruppe:
Journalisten
E-Mail-Adresse:
Relevanz:
überregional
Sachgebiete:
Meer / Klima, Philosophie / Ethik, Religion, Umwelt / Ökologie
Arten:
Seminar / Workshop / Diskussion
Eintrag:
18.04.2013
Absender:
Sabine Sämisch
Abteilung:
Presse und Kommunikation
Veranstaltung ist kostenlos:
ja
Textsprache:
Englisch
URL dieser Veranstaltung: http://idw-online.de/de/event43359
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