Challenges to Global Systems Science:
From Climate Change to Market Governance
In January 2012 the European Climate Forum changed its name to GCF - Global Climate Forum.
This is one of the steps decided by the board and the members’ assembly on the basis of the strategy process that was carried out in 2010. This change reflects the reality that our network has expanded well beyond Europe – our work has led quite naturally to linkages with America, China, Australia and others.
This website is in the process of being updated, due to this change, in the weeks to come. In case of further questions please click here.
15.03.2012
Challenges to Global Systems Science: From Climate Change to Market Governance - May 3-4, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
The global financial crisis has posed an additional challenge to the governance of global systems. While the economic progress in many emerging economies is continuing, debt-laden countries, especially in Southern Europe, feel stuck in a global financial system outside their control. Populations are facing mass unemployment and public unrest is rising. There is also a notable reaction within the western economies against a perceived unfair distribution of wealth and the fact that global environmental risks are left unattended.
18.12.2011
From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions
Edited by Carlo Jaeger, Klaus Hasselmann, Gerd Leipold, Diana Mangalagiu and Joan David Tàbara
This book provides an evaluation of the science and policy debates on climate change and offers a reframing of the challenges they pose, as understood by key international experts and players in the field. It also gives an important and original perspective on interpreting climate action and provides compelling evidence of the weakness of arguments that frame climate policy as a win-or-lose situation.
01.09.2011
There is an urgent need for new thinking about global systems, in particular about the main driving force of globalization: the world economy.
The 21st century will be a period of unprecedented global challenges – instability of financial markets, global environmental change, large-scale demographic shifts, and more. The famous saying of Einstein’s – that we cannot solve problems with the thinking that generated them – is particularly relevant in the face of these challenges. There is an urgent need for new thinking about global systems, in particular about the main driving force of globalization: the world economy.
Lagom generic is an agent based model for representing economic systems – the economy of Germany, the Mediterranean Region, the world – over a time horizon of one to several decades.
Please find further instructions on how to run the model here.
Download Lagom Package:
(Please note that Java 1.5 or higher must be installed.)
October 10-11, 2011 Umweltforum Berlin, Germany
Location: Berlin - Start: April 1. 2012 (full-time/part-time)
From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions – edited by Carlo Jaeger, Klaus Hasselmann, Gerd Leipold,...
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