Beyond GDP – how to measure progress?
The Earth Debates – Conversations in advance of the UN Earth Summit Rio+20.
Gross Domestic Product is a universal but crude measure of a country’s economic activity and output. It takes no account of the appreciation or deprecation of a country’s building infrastructure, or of the condition of its natural capital and the ecosystem services provided by the environment. Furthermore it is no measure of the health, wealth, or wellbeing of a country’s population, or how these are distributed across society. While GDP remains the most important measure for international financing, alternative measures are needed for sustainable development. What are the alternatives to provide indicators for investing into a green economic system which will account for the wellbeing of the environment and local people?
Wir übertragen die Earth Debate aus London, in die sich die Anwesenden mit Fragen einbringen können; vorab stellen wir die Bezüge her zur aktuellen Politik in Deutschland, insbesondere der Enquete des Bundestages „Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität“.
19.00 Uhr (sharp!)
Begrüßung
Marlene Dech, sneep, student network for ethics in economics and practice
Reiner Leweling, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Baden-Württemberg
Einführung in die Thematik
Christoph Gran, Doktorand der Postwachstumsökonomik an den Universitäten Heidelberg und Oldenburg und Mitglied der Initiative "Real World Economics"
Fragerunde, während der auch die Möglichkeit besteht Fragen zu sammeln, die nach London geschickt werden
20.00 Uhr
Übertragung der Earth Debate "Beyond GDP – how to measure progress?" aus London.
The Earth Debate is chaired by BBC Environment Correspondent, Richard Black, the expert panellists are
- Emily Benson, a project manager for the Green Economy Coalition
- Hannah Ryder, a senior economist for DFID (Department for International Development) advising on low-carbon and climate-resilient economic growth in developing countries
- Andrew Simms, author and Fellow of the New Economics Foundation
- Paul Simpson, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Carbon Disclosure Project
Key issues will be explored among the panellists, speakers and audience members.
Eine Kooperation mit dem British Council, sneep und Real World Economics.
Mi, 22. Februar, 19.00 Uhr
Uni Mannheim – Ostflügel - Raum O -135