Workshops at the Peace & Planet Conferenz
organized by members of the network “No to war – no to NATO”
Climate Change and Conflict
Militarization of Science – Move the Brains
NATO – threat to security and far too costly
War in Ukraine
Climate Change and Conflict
Climate Change and Conflict
Climate change is causing many conflicts. This tendency will increase on all levels – domestic, regional, continental, and global. Water, health, and food are areas of conflict leading to migration, adoption, and even military conflicts. Global injustice increases, the poor suffer first and harder than the rich. Also, the US military is the single most producer of greenhouses gases. It has long acknowledged climate change and has planned for managing climate crisis and military displacement. Other countries have also planned especially for rising oceans and climate refugees.
Speakers: Jürgen Scheffran (University of Hamburg/ INES, Germany), George Martin (Liberty Tree Foundation/Fellow-Marquette U. Center for Peacemaking, USA), Sean Sweeny (Murphy Institute, CUNY), Anastasia Romanou (NASA Goddard Institute & Columbia University)
Moderation: Rob van Riet (World Future Council, GB), Kristine Karch (KriWi – Member of INES)
Sponsors: International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), International Peace Bureau (IPB), World Future Council (WFC)
Militarization of Science – Move the Brains
Militarization of Science – Move the Brains
Military research is being conducted in every major industrialized country. In some countries, military funded R+D takes up the majority of funding for certain scientific fields. Responsible science should be prioritizing on finding solutions to challenges of human kind: justice, poverty, climate change, health, etc. Military research freezes limited resources to work on these fields.
The event aims at educating on the responsibility of science and at discussing military research in the US and other countries in the world. The event will give arguments against military research and demystify arguments of its proponents, highlight different military research projects, give insights in how to detect military research and will inform on alternatives (i.e. civil clauses) and actions for shifting the focus of science.
Speakers: Subrata Ghoshroy (MIT/ INES, USA), Lucas Wirl (INES, Germany), Dave Webb (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, GB)
Sponsors: International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES), International Peace Bureau (IPB)
NATO – threat to security and far too costly
NATO – threat to security and far too costly
NATO is the largest military spender and agreed at its last year’s Summit to increase military spending up to 2% of the member countries’ GDPs. This leads to a new spiral of armament and takes away money for social needs. Furthermore, NATO is not a defense alliance and does not guarantee safety. NATO – with its strategy of global interventions and nuclear weapons strategy – is a threat to security and needs to be abolished.
Speakers: Erhard Crome (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Germany), Pieter Teirlink (vrede, Belgium), Inge Höger (MP of Die Linke, Germany), Andrew Lichterman (WSLF, USA)
Moderation: Reiner Braun (IALANA/IPB, Germany)
Sponsors: International Network No to War – No to NATO (the network includes among others International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, IALANA; International Peace Bureau, IPB; International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, INES)
War in Ukraine
War in Ukraine
We will analyze the geo-strategic interests and implications of the war in Ukraine. Also, we will discuss the NATO eastward expansion to the border of Russia. We will reflect the current state of the conflict. And we will provide possible solutions with regional autonomy and cooperation instead of confrontation in the line of Willy Brandt’s politics towards the East.
Speakers: Reiner Braun (IALANA/ IPB), Ludo de Brabander (vrede, Belgium), Erhard Crome (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Germany), Dave Webb (CND, GB)
Moderation: Kristine Karch (No to War – No to NATO)
Sponsors: International Network No to War – No to NATO (the network includes among others International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, IALANA; International Peace Bureau, IPB; International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, INES)