PROGRAMME

Keynote lecture 1: It's time to create regenerative and distributive economiesDr. Kate Raworth, Professor at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Welcome and formal opening of the SDG Conference Bergen 2021Ms. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of NorwayDr. Margareth Hagen, Rector, University of BergenMr. Andreas Trohjell, President, National Union of Students in Norway

Parallel session 1: COVID-19 and Health Inequalities

Keynote lecture 3: Urban Pathways to SDG SuccessDr. Edgar Pieterse, Director of the African Centre for Cities and Professor at the University of Cape Town

Keynote lecture 2: Public engagement, scientific literacy and the science-society nexus                                   Dr. Daya Reddy, President of the International Science Council and Professor at the University of Cape Town

Åsa Persson, Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environmental InstituteDr Åsa Persson is Research Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, where she is a member of the executive team and leads the development and implementation of the institute’s research strategy. As a social scientist and governance scholar, her research currently focuses on policy coherence in the national implementation of climate policy and SDGs.Her previous research has looked at environmental governance as international and national levels, including follow-up and review of the SDGs, global governance of climate change adaptation, environmental policy integration, and development of the planetary boundaries concept. Ms Persson has more than 80 publications, including peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Nature and Nature Climate Change and reports for policy-maker audiences.Day Zero Debate Moderator: Dorothy DankelDiscussants:
Siri Vatsø Haugum, University of Bergen
Siddharth Sareen, University of Stavanger
Cristina Dorador, University of Antofagasta 

Parallel session 3: Integrated and Inclusive SDG City Transitions in the Global South

Parallel session 5: Social justice, sustainability and the SDGs: What role for economic growth?

Contact person: Aase Kristine Lundber, Nordland Research Institute (Nordlandsforskning)Type of event: Digital event ONLY

Parallel session 4: Indigenous Peoples’ Capacity to Act for SustainabilityA PDF version of the programme for parallel session 4.

Kontaktperson: Tom Skauge, Institutt for økonomi og administrasjon, HVL, i samarbeid med Naturvernforbundet.Arrangementstype: Fysisk og digitalt

Parallel session 2:  A global perspective on inequality in reformulating SDGs   

The Rector Debate: How are universities mitigating inequalities in access to knowledge?

The conference addresses how diverse inequalities can be understood, challenged and engaged in a post-COVID-19 light. From various perspectives, six parallel sessions probe this issue and its impact on the 2030 agenda. Approaching this from diverse perspectives, six commentators will bring the main conclusions and key points into a joint debate following these sessions. Such a panel debate will revolve around two questions:What are the three most important recommendations for policy development and reform addressing global post-COVID-19 inequalities?Drawing on the parallel sessions, which critical re-thinking and re-formulation of the SDGs needs to be undertaken in order to understand and tackle changing forms of inequality post-COVID-19?

Webinaret gir en innføring i havvind og vindkraft på land – med fokus på teknologi og det juridisk rammeverket for norsk vindkraftutbygging

In collaboration with BIFF we will screen the award-winning documentary Picture a Scientist by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck. The film will be available 'on demand'.
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From ‘Drivers of change’ to ‘Narratives for change’: broadening the debate

Kontatperson: Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, UiBArrangementstype: Kun digitalt

Parallel session 6: How does inequality post-COVID-19 affect Coastal Communities?

Greetings and opening by Rector Margareth Hagen, UiB