Intergenerational Perspectives on Hybrid Risks
21st – 25th February 2022 – Online
Organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in cooperation with the University of Pannonia, and the UNESCO Chair of Kőszeg.
All events of the UNESCO IWS 2022 will be held in Central European Time (CET)
Tuesday 22nd February
Moderator of the day: Izabella Agárdi
MORNING SESSION: 10:00-12:00
10:00-12:00 Panel: Is it Time to Start Panicking? Governance in the face of climate emergencies
While interlinked natural disasters across the globe point towards man-made climate change, the divided world has failed to create strategies for international cooperation. How should we approach the systemic environmental crisis and what are the key challenges on local, regional and global levels?
Panelists:
- András Gelencsér
- Nidhi Nagabhatla
- Orsolya Ráczova (Chair)
- Zita Sebesvári
12:00-14:00 Lunch break
AFTERNOON SESSION:
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote Daniel Brooks
14:30 – 16:30 Workshop by Ilan Chabay
Polishing our crystal ball: preparing for future crises with insight, imagination, and innovation
If we could polish a magic crystal ball in which to see the future, how would we know what to look for to prepare for potential major crises, that is conditions that overwhelm our capacity to avoid, mitigate, or adapt with them? Climate change, environmental degradation, and the wide range of impacts on the complex socio-economic-ecological-technical system in which we live repeatedly result in disastrous, multi-scale crises. If we could see all the complexity of the (future) world, how would we make sense of that image? Can we imagine and learn our way around and past crises into sustainable futures by using insights into social-cultural dynamics, technological innovations, and changing bio-geo-physical conditions? What do our ideas on these issues tell us about the challenges of building resilient communities/regions and moving toward more sustainable futures?