sign in sign up
<<
Home , Right Livelihood Award

European Environment Foundation

4th International Convention of Environmental Laureates

12-15 March 2015 Freiburg,

www.european-environment-foundation.eu 4th International Convention of Environmental Laureates

Welcome to Freiburg

I am delighted and honored to have been appointed patron of the 4th International Convention of Environmental Laureates. The convention aims to bring together high-caliber environmental laureates to support and drive forward sustainable policies worldwide. Faced with the increasing number of sometimes severe crises taking Europe and the world by surprise, it is imperative to join forces and work together. Science, business, politics and society as a whole must all come together to achieve this aim. Only by joining forces we can create a bright future for generations to come. A warm welcome to The International Convention Freiburg, a city where the of Environmental Laureates is an terms sustainability, future excellent platform in this respect, viability and the quality boasting participants from an array of living are all at home. of disciplines and an attractive These are the principles programme. which guide our city's development and planning, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Töpfer and principles which are of Patron International Convention of great importance when it comes to developing our Environmental Laureates ecological profile, creating economic growth and Director Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, former German Environmental Minister, providing employment opportunities. former Executive Director UNEP Dr. Dieter Salomon Mayor of the City of Freiburg and Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation

The Board of Trustees of the European Environment Foundation would like to express a warm welcome to you for our forth meeting of Environmental Laureates in the Green City of Freiburg. We can again expect spirited discussions among the laureates convening here, and with young students whom we will be inviting to join the program and especially the round table discussions.

Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber International Laureates signing the Chairman Board of Trustees, “Call for Action” during the Convention European Environment Foundation in Freiburg

2 European Environment Foundation

International Convention of Environmental Laureates

he International Convention of Environmental Laureates, which Tis hosted by the European Environment Foundation, provides a platform for winners of prestigious international environmental prizes and awards to exchange their ideas and experience on helping to shape environmental policy. Laureates include active environmentalists, journalists and activists, scientists, and entrepreneurs. Above all, they are doers, with one thing in common: They have a vision and goals, and they have found ways of implementing them. Every one of them has made a significant contribution in their field towards environmental protection. The Convention is the ideal opportunity for building a global network and for mutual learning between the leading players and activists of the worldwide environment movement. With the exchanges of In hosting the 4th experiences amongst each other the International Convention of laureates become multipliers and Environmental Laureates, creators of ideas and initiatives that our aim is to bring together can be successfully implemented in the world's leading figures other areas around the world. regarding human rights and the improvement of living Furthermore the Convention conditions, the protection wants to disseminate ideas, initiatives of the environment and and visions to young people and mankind's adjustment to the results of global warming – the interested public. Therefore it one could even say, people whose aim is the includes meetings and discussions preservation of a world in which it is worth living. between laureates and upcoming In doing so we aim to create a network which researchers, students and pupils, not only spans the globe, but also has considerable as well as various public events. influence on environmental and climate protection Keynote speakers have included, policies across the world. amongst others, Jeremy Rifkin, Dr. Bernd Dallmann Bianca Jagger, Gunter Pauli and Founder and Chairman, European Environment Foundation Klaus Töpfer.

Committed speakers on Numerous people topics that matter following the public lectures

3 Convention Programme

Thursday, 12 March 2015

18:00 Public Lecture – Historisches Kaufhaus Freiburg Welcome Address G Dr. Dieter Salomon; Mayor, City of Freiburg “Awards as an instrument of environmental communication” G Dr. Heinrich Bottermann; Secretary General, German Federal Environmental Foundation “Climate justice” G Bianca Jagger; President and Chief Executive, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation; Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador; Member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA and IUCN Bonn Challenge Ambassador “ in a world with 9 billion people” G Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Töpfer; Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies; former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme Moderation: Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber; Chair Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation EEF

20:00 Welcome Reception – Historisches Kaufhaus Freiburg Buffet with savoury regional dishes

Friday, 13 March 2015

08:00 Laureates Symposium “Networking and Exchange“ – Konzerthaus Freiburg A forum for the presentation of the laureates’ projects

08:00 Setting up of the poster exhibition 09:00 Introduction G Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien; Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation 09:15 Short Presentations of Laureates – Part I G Panel A: “Biodiversity I”, Moderation: Christine von Weizsäcker; President, Ecoropa G Panel B: “Climate Change”, Moderation: Dr. Peter W. Heller; Board of Trustees, EEF

10:45 Coffee break

11:00 Keynote Lecture Welcome Address G Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien; Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation

“Climate change in Baden-Württemberg – challenges for the state’s climate policy” G Franz Untersteller; Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg; Member of the State Parliament

4 11:45 Short Presentations of Laureates – Part II G Panel A: “Biodiversity II”, Moderation: Christine von Weizsäcker; President, Ecoropa G Panel B: “Social Engagement / Community Empowerment”, Moderation: Prof. Dr. Rainer Grießhammer; Board of Trustees, EEF

13:15 Lunch break – parallel EEF Board of Trustees Meeting

14:30 Short Presentations of Laureates – Part III G Panel: “Sustainable Energy Access”, Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Jannsen; Board of Trustees, EEF

15:30 New EEF project: “Laureates Declaration on a CO2 tax” incl. outcome of the “Laureates Declaration on Climate Change” G Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber; Chair Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation G Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien; Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation

16:00 – New EEF project: “Creating a global environmental network” 16:45 funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation G Dr. Bernd Dallmann; Chairman, European Environment Foundation

18:00 Laureates Dinner – Historic cellar of the „Weinschlösschen Freiburg“

20:00 Public Lecture – Konzerthaus Freiburg Introduction G Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker; Board of Trustees, European Environment Foundation “Adaption to climate change: Africa’s commitment, achievements, challenges and opportunities” G Dr. Alice Kaudia; Environment Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, ; Founding member of the Kenya Professional Association of Women in Agriculture and Environment

Saturday, 14 March 2015

09:00 Laureates meet Young Talents – UWC Robert Bosch College Freiburg Round Table Discussions of laureates, young researchers, students and pupils in cooperation with: UWC Robert Bosch College Freiburg, University of Freiburg and Regierungspräsidium Freiburg

09:00 Welcome G Laurence Nodder; Director, UWC Robert Bosch College Freiburg

09:10 Presentation G School Company „Steller Solar Aktiengesellschaft“; Winner “Deutscher Klimapreis” of the Allianz Umweltstiftung

09:30 Round Table Discussions – Part I

5 11:30 Laureates Lectures Presentation of the idea of the UWC Robert Bosch College Freiburg and Welcome by the host G Dr. Christof Bosch; Chair Board of Trustees, Robert Bosch College UWC GmbH

“To understand adaption to climate change and mitigation for concrete local and global actions” G Golden Misabiko, The Nuclear-Free Future Award Human Rights Defender; Consultant Researcher on Natural Resources, Democratic Republic of Congo

“Adaption and climate justice” G Syeda Rizwana Hasan, The Goldman Environmental Prize Chief Executive, Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA); Friends of the Earth, Bangladesh

“Climate change and the : perspectives from a small island nation” G Selina Neirok Leem; UWC student from the Marshall Islands

12:30 Group picture

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 – Round Table Discussions – Part II 16:00 with individual tours through UWC Robert Bosch College Freiburg

18:30 Aperitif in the “Ökostation Freiburg” – Ökostation Freiburg The Ökostation is the centre for heightening environmental awareness located in the Seepark Freiburg

19:30 African Culture Evening – Bürgerhaus am Seepark Dance acts and musical performances from the African continent with African Dinner

Sunday, 15 March 2015

08:30 Farewell Breakfast – Konzerthaus Freiburg Foyer

Invitation to the 5th Convention 2016 G Dr. Bernd Dallmann; Chairman, European Environment Foundation

6 Laureates and representatives of Environmental Awards

Karen Aghababyan Dionysia Theodora Dipal Chandra Barua Heide Bergmann Armenia Avgerinopoulou Bangladesh Germany Whitley Awards Zayed Future Energy Prize Trophée de Femmes Chief Scientist, Head of Green Star Awards Founder and Chairman, Bright Co-founder, Ökostation Environmental Lab, Assistant Member of the Hellenic Green Energy Foundation; Freiburg Professor Parliament President, Bangladesh Solar and Renewable Energy Association (BSREA)

Andreas W. Bett Claus Biegert Hildegard Breiner Dieter Brübach Germany Germany Germany German Environmental Prize The Nuclear-Free Future Award The Nuclear-Free Future Award B.A.U.M. Umweltpreis Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Representative, The Nuclear- President, Nature Conservation Representative, B.A.U.M. Institute for Renewable Energy Free Future Award Vorarlberg, Vice-Pres. N.C. Umweltpreis Systems Austria

Manuel Collares-Pereira Franz Daschner Milkyas Debebe Ernesto C. Enkerlin Hoeflich Portugal Germany SHC Solar Award German Environmental Prize The Ashden Awards UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Chair, BES Renewable Chairman, Viademica Founder and Executive Director, Environmental Preservation Energies / Director, Foundation New Life Ethiopian Residents Director, Natural Solutions at IPES / President, SUN AID Charity Monterrey Tech in Mexico / Chair, IUCN-WCPA

Duquesne Fednard Debesai Ghebrehiwet Adolf Goetzberger Hans Grassmann Haiti Andegergish Germany The Ashden Awards Eritrea Becquerel Prize The Nuclear-Free Future Award CEO, D&E Green Enterprises The Ashden Awards Consultant, FhG ISE Professore aggregato Manager and Desinger for (Univ. of Udine) / Director, different stoves and renewable Isomorph srl. energy 7 Monika Griefahn Rainer Grießhammer Goran Gugic Edeltraud Günther Germany Germany Germany B.A.U.M. Umweltpreis German Environmental Prize EuroNatur-Award B.A.U.M. Umweltpreis Co-chair, Right Livelihood Business Director, Managing Director, Lonjsko Professor in Environmental Award Foundation / Institute for Applied Polje Nature Park Public Management and Accounting Former Minister for the Ecology Institution Environment Niedersachsen

Sameer Hajee Mathilde Halla Silvia Hämmerle Syeda Rizwana Hasan Austria Germany Bangladesh UNEP Sasakawa Prize The Nuclear-Free Future Award Trophée de Femmes The Goldman Environmental CEO, Nuru Energy East Africa SENECA – Seniorennetzwerk Chairlady, Life-Giving Forest eV. Prize contra Atom / Manager, Friends of the Earth Chief Executive, Bangladesh District Stuttgart Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)/Friends of the Earth

Lena Hiltrop Winfried Hoffmann Michaela Hogenboom Kindle Heike Hoedt Belgium / Germanny Liechtenstein Germany Empowering People Award Becquerel Prize Binding-Prize for the The Nuclear-Free Future Award Consultant Energiemanage- President, EPIA Protection of Nature and Managing Director, ment, Siemens AG Environment Simply Solar Facilitator of change towards sustainability, Symbiose

Mohammad Zahirul Islam Kristin Kaschner Elias Kindle Inza Koné Bangladesh Germany Liechtenstein Ivory Coast Whitley Awards Zayed International Prize for Binding-Prize for the Whitley Awards Biologist / Executive Director, the Environment Protection of Nature and Scientific Director, Centre Marinelife Alliance Department of Biometry and Environment Suisse de Recherches Environmental System Analysis, Founder and project leader, Scientifiques Albert-Ludwigs-University of Symbiose Consultig and Freiburg Symbiose Community 8 Faustin Kopangoye Nadezda Kutepova Jeremy Leggett Daniel Letoiye Gabon United Kingdom Kenia TIME Magazine / Heroes of The Nuclear-Free Future Award The Hillary Laureates Whitley Awards the Environment Human and Environmental Founder and Chairman, Director and Co-founder, Secretary General, NGO Rights Lawyer Solarcentury / Author Westgate community Environment Gabon Sublime Magazine conservancy

Ahmet Lokurlu Joachim Luther Antonio Luque Natalia Manzurova Germany Germany Russia TIME Magazine Hero of the Becquerel Prize Solar World Einstein Award The Nuclear-Free Future Award Environment Visiting Professor, SERIS / Academician of Royal Scientific Radiologist / CEO, Solitem Group Director Emeritus, academy of engineering / Consultant for the effects of Fraunhofer ISE Foreign Member of Russian radiation on nature objects Academy of Sciences

Alistair Marsden Marilyn Mehlmann Julien Meyer Golden Misabiko United Kingdom Democratic Republic of Congo The Ashden Awards The Rachel Carson Prize Rolex Awards The Nuclear-Free Future Award Commercial Manager, Dulas Head of development and trai- Researcher (Marie Curie IIF, Human Rights Defender, ning, Global Action Plan (GAP) CNRS) Consultant Researcher on International Natural Resources

Vik Mohan Maggie Muurmans René Ngongo Ramesh Kumar Nibhoria United Kingdom Democratic Republic of Congo The St Andrews Prize for the Future for Nature Award Right Livelihood Award The Ashden Awards Environment CoastEd Coordinator and Coordinator, Extractive industry Chairman and Managing Medical Director, Blue Ventures Research Assistant program of WWF DRC Director, Nishant Bioenergy Conservation 9 Laureates and representatives of Environmental Awards

Nikola Nikolov Olivier Nsengimana Placide Dieudonné Nzisabira Regula Ochsner Former Yougoslav Republic of Rwanda Rwanda Macedonia Rolex Awards The Ashden Awards Trophée de femmes Green Star Awards Veterinarian – Saving President and Founder, AJDR CEO, ADES Association pour Full Professor / Head of Endangerd Grey Crowned Cooperative le Développement de l'Energie Regional Fire Monitoring Center Cranes in Rwanda Solaire Suisse-Madagascar (RFMC)

Caleb Ofori Boateng Jessica Olson David Osborne Balgis Osman Elasha Ghana United Kingdom Tunisia Future for Nature Award Sierra Club Joseph Barbosa Empowering People Award UNEP Champions of the Earth Director, Herp Conservation Award Technical Director, Celsius Award Ghana Our Wild America Campaign, Global Solutions Climate Change Expert, African Sierra Club Development Bank

Marion Pancur Denise Marçal Rambaldi Jamal Safi Wolfgang Scheffler Germany Brasil Gaza Germany The Nuclear-Free Future Award Bruno H. Schubert-Prize Zayed International Prize for The Nuclear-Free Future Award Representative, The Nuclear- Director of Biodiversity and the Environment Director, Simply Solar Free Future Award Forests, Rio de Janeiro State University Professor / Chairman Govern of EPRI, Gaza

Thomas Scheurer Hans-Werner Schock David Schweidenback Bhaskar Sen Gupta Switzerland Germany United States United Kingdom Binding Prize for the Becquerel Prize Rolex Awards The St. Andrews Prize for the Protection of Nature and Consultant PV technology, President, Pedals for Progress Environment Environment retired from Helmholtz Centre Professor in Water Technology, Managing Director, Swiss Berlin Heriot-Watt University, National Park Scientific Board EDINBURGH Campus 10 Khop Narayan Shrestha Andreas Speich Heinz Stockinger Tristram Stuart Switzerland Austria United Kingdom UNEP Sasakawa Prize Binding-Prize The Nuclear-Free Future Award The Sophie Prize Executive Director, MDI Nepal Conservator of Forests / Private Retired university teacher Founder, Feedback consultant climate change

Jean Thomas Samson Tsegaye Carlos Roberto Christine von Weizsäcker Australia Ethiopia Vasquez Almazan Germany Future For Nature Award The Ashden Awards Trophée de Femmes Co-Director, Tenkile Conserva- Country Director Ethiopia, Solar Whitley Awards President, Ecoropa tion Alliance Energy Foundation Amphibians Researcher and Conservationist, Fundaeco / Curator of Herpetology

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Paul Walker Eicke R. Weber Mareke Wieben Germany United States Germany Germany German Environmental Prize Right Livelihood Award Zayed Future Energy Prize B.A.U.M. Umweltpreis Co-President, Club of Rome / Director Environmental Chair, Board of Trustees EEF / Representative, B.A.U.M. Co-Chair, International Security & Sustainability, Director, Fraunhofer Umweltpreis Resource Panel Green Cross International Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

Jutta Wiesenthal Joachim Wünning Tetsuro Yasuda Tjan Zaotschnaja Germany Germany Germany The Nuclear-Free Future Award German Environmental Prize Blue Planet Prize The Nuclear-Free Future Award Representative, The Nuclear- General manager, Representative, Blue Planet Representative, The Nuclear- Free Future Award WS Wärmeprozesstechnik Prize / Secretary General, Free Future Award GmbH Asahi Glass Foundation 11 European Environment Foundation - EEF

THE FOUNDATION AIMS TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE AMONG ALL DISCIPLINES OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ON A GLOBAL LEVEL.

Through this, the Foundation aims to give incentives to initiate a politically supportive, confidence-building, collaborative, and research- stimulating exchange. The key principle behind this focus is the knowledge that for any environmental policy to be effective, it must be applied trans- nationally.

The existential meaning of sustainable policy should be fostered through the annual meeting of international environmental award winners who have made outstanding contributions to environmental policy, the “International Convention of Environmental Laureates”. In summer 2015 the foundation will launch a brand new project: a web-based communication platform for the laureates, for environmental NGOs, associations and organizations and for the prize-giving institutions to exchange, connect and plan joint projects easily across continents and throughout the whole year.

The aim of the European Environment Foundation is for a larger segment of the population to be made aware of the need for worldwide environmental policies. Other goals include strengthening political institutions and encouraging academic research to discover unknown connections and devise new solutions for sustainable methods of handling natural resources. Special attention will be focused on encouraging young people to consider these issues.

Ein Glücksfall für Baden-Württemberg 132 Millionen jährlich für das Gemeinwohl

www.lotto-bw.de www.facebook.de/lottobw European Board of Trustees EEF Environment Foundation

Eicke R. Weber Manuel Collares-Pereira Amalio de Marichalar, Monika Griefahn Rainer Grießhammer Germany Portugal Count of Ripalda Germany Germany Chair Board of Trustees / Chair, BES Renewable Spain Co-chair, Right Livelihood Business Director, Director, Fraunhofer Energies / Director, Chairman, Soria 21 Award Foundation / Institute for Applied Institute for Solar Energy IPES / President, SUN Forum for Sustainable Former Minister for the Ecology Systems ISE AID Development Environment Nieder- sachsen

Peter W. Heller Sigrid Jannsen Gerhard Knies Jeremy Leggett Antonio Luque Germany Germany Germany United Kingdom Spain Founder, Canopus Former President, Inventor DESERTEC Founder and Chairman, Academician of Royal Foundation / Venture German Solar Energy Solarcentury / Author academy of engineering / philanthropist and Society (DGS) Sublime Magazine Foreign Member of venture capitalist Russian Academy of Sciences

Giovanna Melandri Marcello Palazzi Dieter Salomon Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien Simon Trace Italy / Italy/ UK Germany United States / Germany United Kingdom Italian politician / Founder and President, Mayor of the City of Energy and climate CEO, NGO Practical Member of Legambiente Progressio Foundation / Freiburg change expert / Former Action Member Tallberg UNEP, BASE, ICLEI Foundation

Foundation Board EEF

Maritta R. von Bieber- Ernst Ulrich Simon Trace Maritta R. von Bieber- Ernst Ulrich stein Koch-Weser von Weizsäcker United Kingdom Berndstein Koch-Weser Dallmann Rolfvon WeizsäckerHiller Germany Germany CEO NGO Practical Germany Germany Founder and President, Co-President, Club of Action Founder and Chairman,President Founder,Co-President European Club of Earth3000 Rome / Co-Chair, Inter- Europeanof Earth3000 Environment EnvironmentRome, Co-Chair Inter- national Resource Panel Foundation Foundationnational Resource Panel

13 European Environment Foundation

4th International Convention of Environmental Laureates 12-15 March 2015 Freiburg, Germany

The International Convention of Environmental Laureates is an internationally leading platform for exchanging experiences and transferring knowledge between the laureates of the most prestigious environmental awards worldwide.

The Convention was launched 2012 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; it has been held annually since.

Supporters and Donators: Associate Partners:

AIM eV.