Most animals in the world are insects, but we know very little about them and how they’re doing under climate change and other human changes. I will discuss the importance of insects for humans and ecosystems, what we know about threats to their wellbeing, and how we can help them.

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In an article written in 2014 Dipesh Chakrabarty states that “Human-induced climate change gives rise to large and diverse issues of justice: justice between generations, between small island-nations and the polluting countries (both past and prospective), between developed, industrialized nations (historically responsible for most emissions) and the newly industrializing ones” (p. 9). Through the prism of this argument I explore contemporary calls for climate justice, de-growth and changes in consumption. While there can be no doubt that climate change is the pressing issue of the 21st century (and was the pressing issue already in the last quarter of the 20st century, albeit ignored), the call for de-growth and changes in life-styles, especially in the West, collides with the needs and desires of new middle classes in emerging economies and the attempt to alleviate poverty in the global South. These different realities are not fully acknowledged in the West despite the strong calls for global climate justice. While I have no solutions for these rifts between climate justice and poverty alleviation, I would like to at least alert to some of their predicaments with examples from South East Asia and the Pacific Islands.

In this guest lecture of the lecture „environmental ethics“ we will hear from the Director of Greenpeace Israel about the connection of Judaism and environment.

What do the ongoing wars and the climate crisis have in common and why is the EU-election important? To discuss these points, we will interview Ilyess El Kortbi from FFF Ukraine and talk about their experience and activism.Accordion Item

After a week of input we don´t want to rest contemplative but instead to convert our frustration and hope into action! Different activist groups will present themselves with a booth in the Foyer of the Hörsaalgebäude. You can get to know them and get active!