Global transformations for the benefit of people and the planet
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
16:00 - 17:30, Mar 20 2025, CST; 09:00 – 10:30, Mar 20 2025, CET
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Nebojsa Nakicenovic is Vice Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission, Distinguished Emeritus and Honorary Scholar, and former Deputy Director General and Acting Director General at the International Institute for Applies Systems Analyses, and former tenured Professor of Energy Economics at Vienna Technology University.
Other positions include Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, the International Science Council, the Luohan Academy; Member of the Academia Europaea, World Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Montenegrin Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Earth League. He serves on Editorial Boards of ten peer-reviewed scientific journals and has 854 publications with some 70 thousand citations in Google Scholar.
Abstract
Humanity is facing formidable challenges from wars and hunger to ever-increasing pressure on the Earth system including dangerous climate change.
We argue that a safe and just future for all can be achieved through disruptive and inclusive change about people, societies, values and behaviors. Urbanization is such a powerful transformation along with improving human capacity through the digital revolution and the integration of innovations into new systems and human activities.
An essential priority should be to develop science, technology, and innovation roadmaps to better understand the potential benefits and dangers of transformational change for the people and the planet.
