BEYOND "DEVELOPMENT-AS-GROWTH"?
LEAPFROGGING INTO THE SOLAR AGE
Debating the Jo'Burg Memo
Date: August 29
Time: 18h15-18h45 (theatre) and 19h00-20h00
(debate)
Venue: Boell Forum at the Global People's Forum +
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With José Goldemberg, University
Sao Paulo and Reinhard Loske, German Greens, Memorandum Group
"At the historical juncture
where fossil-fuel dependency drives industrial societies into an
impasse, economies that once were seen as lagging behind, suddenly
find themselves in a favorable position. Not yet fully locked into
an old-style model of industrialization, they have the prospect
of leapfrogging into a postfossil age, skipping the resource-intensive
styles of production and consumption so dear to the industrial world.
Thus the challenge they face is to choose a path that is both pro-environment
and pro-poor." (The Jo'burg
Memo, pp. 19).
What are the opportunities and the obstacles for Southern countries,
when they engage towards "leapfrogging into the solar age"?
Is it a realistic option or just a dream? We will discuss this issues
with two eminent guests: José Goldemberg, environment
secretary of state of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and professor at the University
of São Paulo, Brazil, was the chairman and CEO of the Energy
Company of the State of São Paulo. He has served as Rector
of his University, and Secretary of Science and Technology for the
Federal Government of Brazil and Minister of Education. Reinhard
Loske is Member of the German Parliament, Environmental Spokesperson
for Alliance 90/The Greens. He was Research Director for Climate
Policy and Sustainable Development at the Wuppertal Institute for
Climate, Environment, and Energy (1992-1998) and is Visiting Professor
at the Free University of Berlin since 1999.
The debate starts at 19h00. It will be preceded from 18h15 to
18h45 by "Fair Wealth?", a theatre play inspired
by the Jo'burg Memo, by the Sibikwa
Community Theatre Group.
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