Why biodiversity matters – and why society must change to protect it – Webinar on May 21st
Join us for the 8th installment in our webinar series on degrowth. The Webinar takes place on May 21st from 9 AM to 10 AM (CEST).
Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functionality, providing essential services such as pollination, climate regulation, and nutrient cycling. These services are foundational to human well-being, economic stability, and planetary health.
However, biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate due to habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, invasive species, and especially climate change. Projections indicate significant biodiversity loss in coming decades, with cascading effects on ecosystems and societies.
Despite encouraging rhetoric across scales, and coordinated efforts to slow or reverse biodiversity loss, alarming trends continue. We argue that issues inherent to global societal structures impede biodiversity protection. Transformation of the societal structures based on the degrowth principles is essential for a viable path forward.
Presenters: Konstantinos Kotzakoulakis, Stefania Piarulli, and Katherine Crosman (all SINTEF)
ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES: The Gemini Centre for Post-Growth Futures and Post Consumption Citizenship are proud to be hosting a webinar series starting in September of 2024, and leading up to the 18th conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and the 11th International Degrowth conference in Oslo 24th to 27th of June 2025. The series will comprise of a total of 9 webinars where we share knowledge and discuss interesting topics related to degrowth and post consumption citizenship.
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