No dia 26 de abril terá lugar no ICS-ULisboa a conferência Organizing the Future: Planning beyond 2030. O evento é organizado pelo Doutoramento em Alterações Climáticas e Políticas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e pela organização não-governamental WOMENVAI.

O evento terá lugar no Auditório Sedas Nunes do ICS-ULisboa, entre as 15h e as 17h30. O registo é necessário, e pode ser realizado a partir das 14h.

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In 2023, at the occasion of the UN Science and the UNFCCC COP 28, WOMENVAI and its partners gathered in different parts of the global arena, expressing the need to work more actively in a prospective manner and plan the future agenda for the planet. At the cop 28, there was a strong and united call to move away from fossil fuels. 

The strongest goal to look ahead at COP 29, taking place in Azerbaijan this year, is to reach a better financial commitment that will allow low-and middle -income countries to reach this goal in the best way possible. And yet, we should look ahead to COP 30 and beyond, as our planning needs to be long term to ensure the safety of our next generations.

With global warming on our doorstep, looking at the fact that 90% of populations live in coastal areas, we can see that cities have not yet taken steps to prepare for sea level rise, even though they will surely be affected in the next decades.

Women need to take a crucial role in Climate Change processes. We see in literature that decisions made by women tend to be formed with a more holistic perspective compared to men. With this said, the effort needed for a full integration of women socially, economically, culturally and politically, is more urgent than ever.  As most of the economists (80% globally) are men, and with the knowledge that the burden of climate change meets women harder than men, the leading role for women is there. Establishing a long-term plan increases the opportunities for the education for women in ecological economics and will increase the long term goal of equal rights for all. Being aware that some social changes take decades, we should look beyond 2030.

Youths flock to the cities. Populations of cities will be expected to have 30% of people under age 35 by 2030. Youth need to receive education and equal participation in decision making. Ensuring their voice will be heard, and their opinion matters. It is the understanding that youth will face the consequences of climate change more than the older generation, which requires the leading generation of today, to build their resilience, increase their opportunities and reach social, cultural, economical and political equality.

The event we have today, at ICS Lisbon, will be an opportunity for the Academia, including professors and Students, the civil society and the private sector to expose their views, plans and methods to accelerate the change at the institutional level, nationally and globally going towards Cop 29. Being at the top of research creation, The Lisbon university and the Climate Change programme are an important pillar in the support of Climate Change action.

Speakers and panellists will discuss paradigms which can contribute to a long-term planning of the future concerning SDGs Sustainable Development Goals, and at the same time, codesign a frame for a better governance of climate action.