On October 12, 2024, the Club of Rome – Austrian Chapter, in collaboration with the international Earth4All Initiative, hosted two exciting workshops as part of LCOY 2024.
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On July 8, we presented the Earth4All Austria report at the Vienna Climate Biennale together with artists and our special guests Leonore Gewessler and Anders Wijkman.
As an official partner, we take a look back at the big Beyond Growth conference from May 13-15, 2024 in Vienna at the Parliament and Billroth House.
Part 2 of our follow-up report on the event on poverty turnaround on April 2, 2024: There is an urgent need for action on sustainable solutions to the debt issue and the economic-ecological-social transition in low-income countries. The complex topics were illuminated in two discussion rounds with various experts.
Our speakers and panelists next Friday promise an event with numerous different perspectives on the topic of empowerment. The focus will be on more stable societies, gender equality in leadership positions and a new conceptualization of education as well as diverse social power relations.
The “empowerment” turnaround focuses on a social transformation in the areas of ageing and pensions, as well as gender equality and education. In terms of a global “Giant Leap”, both visible and invisible barriers must be broken down.
Countries with greater equality achieve better results in areas such as education, social mobility, life expectancy, mental and physical health, and decreasing crime rates. Even the wealthiest individuals benefit from higher well-being for all.
In order to lift billions of people in countries of the Global South out of poverty, a transformation of the international financial architecture and global trade agreements is needed. If Austria is to position itself in this regard, it will have to work on systemic solutions.
On May 17, the public event on the last turnaround – the reduction of gender inequality – will be followed by the turnaround Empowerment (of women).
The empowering turnaround of the Club of Rome’s latest report “Earth for All” focuses ongender equality. It is a central challenge for socially just, but … Read More ›