CLUB OF ROME SALON with Luisa Neubauer, Sandrine Dixson-Declève & Axel Berger

Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President, The Club of Rome; Co-Author, Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity
Luisa Neubauer, Climate Protection Activist and a Main Organizer of Fridays for Future in Germany
Axel Berger, Chief Sustainability Officer, Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Welcome Remarks:
Jörg Geier, Member, Club of Rome and Program Chair/VP, ANSC
(Program Curation & Moderation)
The evening will be musically accompanied by Berlin Metropol Trio featuring BATILA.
This salon is being carried out together with the German-American Fulbright Commission and is kindly supported by Hotel de Rome, a Rocco Forte Hotel, ConClimate | Substain, FairPlanet and Falling Walls Foundation's Berlin Science Week.
Where are we headed? Our planet is on fire - literally and metaphorically. The 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community states that “climate hazards such as extreme weather, higher temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, soil degradation, and acidifying oceans are intensifying, threatening infrastructure, health, and water and food security. Irreversible damage to ecosystems and habitats will undermine the economic benefits they provide, worsened by air, soil, water, and marine pollution.” Consequently, societies remain extremely vulnerable to economic, health, humanitarian, geopolitical and environmental shocks.
The U.S.’s Inflation Reduction Act and the EU’s European Green Deal are regulatory frameworks that counter some of these negative effects. Our global economies have fallen short of balancing economic considerations with planetary health and social equity. Only if economic activities can be decoupled from resource use, will we be able to reach our ambitious targets as agreed during climate and biodiversity negotiations, most notably the Paris Agreement. The world’s eyes will be focused on whether the upcoming COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai (Nov 30 - Dec 12) will live up to climate protagonists’ expectations, deliver tangible results and create the basis for collaboration.
Everything is interconnected. How can independent actors - nation states, civil society and multinational corporations alike - collaborate massively to safeguard the well-being of our species? How can we transform our failing economic operating systems and come out more resilient? Can companies realize the necessary cooperation faster than politics driven by national interests?
Earth4All, an economic foresight initiative under the leadership of several research institutes and think tanks (Club of Rome, Norwegian Business School, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), set out to address some of these questions, culminating in Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity (2022), a Report to The Club of Rome. The analysis focused on two possible scenarios - breakdown (“Too Little Too Late”) or breakthrough (“Giant Leap”) - for the world this century to 2100:
Sandrine Dixson-Declève is Co-President of The Club of Rome and co-author of Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.. She currently chairs the European Commission’s Expert Group on Economic and Societal Impact of Research & Innovation (ESIR) and sits on the European Commission Mission on Climate Change & Adaptation. She also sits on several Non-Executives & Advisory Boards.
Luisa Neubauer is an activist for climate protection and a main organizer of Fridays for Future in Germany. She advocates a climate policy that complies with and surpasses the Paris Agreement and endorses de-growth. Luisa Neubauer is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens. She is the host of "1,5 Grad" ("1.5 Degrees C") climate podcast and a guest author at Huffington Post.
The speakers’ impulse statements will be followed by a conversation moderated by Jörg Geier to further explore the topic.
The Club of Rome, a global think tank, has been committed to the sustainable future of humanity since 1968, focusing on major trends against the background of long-term and interdisciplinary thinking. The purpose of this salon series carrying its name is to highlight areas where systemic changes can make a significant difference for a better future.
Please note that the discussion will be recorded. With your registration and participation, you agree to the recording and allow a video/audio recording transmitted over the Internet and excerpts thereof to be posted on social media by the organizers and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the organizers and their partners, agencies, employees, and representatives for any unauthorized use by others of my voice and image as provided above and any claims arising from and/or as a result of the presented content.

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