https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/
"The Scientists Responsibility Summit invites a multidisciplinary,
international audience of researchers to discuss the roles and responsibilities
of scientists in the current social and geopolitical context. With the
increasing threats to human civilization at large caused by the lack of
political action on the climate and biodiversity crisis, a range of mechanisms
have established themselves in the complex global context that make the
position of academics uncomfortable and hard to grasp. Scientists know and
research these mechanisms just as well as climate-related phenomena, but their
research is basically ignored in terms of geopolitical or social
implementation. We are on the path to one of the worst IPCC scenarios, with all
its consequences in terms of conflicts, migration and threats to global health.
The ecological costs of an unsustainable economic system, combined with the
rise of authoritarian, fascist tendencies, has multiple destructive effects on
human well-being, biodiversity and earth systems. The question “What can we do
about that?” has become increasingly pressing.
By bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, we strive to engage
in a discussion that builds on state-of-the-art knowledge in the social
sciences, while opening a fruitful dialogue with academics from the natural
sciences, especially those working in climate or global health related
domains."
Via Noam and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
