Kritiker och marknadsoptimister talar förbi varandra på Stockholm +40

Just nu pågår Stockholm +40, en konferens för att samla hållbara lösningar inför Rio +20. Huvudteman är Innovation, Produktion och Livsstil.

Att twittra på konferenser kan vara ett bra sätt att lyssna, igår skickade jag ca 30 st. Här nedan har jag sammanfattat och sorterat de viktigaste. Ett genomgående intryck har varit att kritiker och marknadsoptimister talar förbi varandra. Jag saknar en analys av hur vi människor fungerar. Hur fattar vi beslut?

Vi står inför ett existentiellt dilemma, men det pratas bara om logistiska lösningar. Detta förslår inte!

Where we are heading now

Sha Zukang, responsible for Rio +20:
– The world is in fact moving away from sustainable development.
– We have too few leaders.

World Watch Institute:
– Significant contraction ahead!
– We definitely need to change our life styles in the West.

Tim Jackson:
– This system will NOT reach sustainability

The monetary system

Me:
– My question to the Stockholm +40 panel: Can we reach sustainability within a monetary system where private banks create our money? Still not answered.
– My question about money came up. Will it get answered ? 😉 (It didn’t explicitly, but see Jackson below.)

Tim Jackson:
– This economy is bound for collapse.
– Economic, ecologic and moral structures are becoming bankrupt.

Me:
– Why, how come, tell me please someone … Why didn’t anybody mention the maybe biggest elephant in the room: Our monetary system?

Growth

Tim Jackson:
– Governments can only say GROWTH!
– But the Euro zone might not get to growth again.
– Politics are caught in a trap

Consumption

Tim Jackson:
– Shame and curiosity is trapping us in consumption (my interpretation).
– Economics is driving us out of resources and we are like kids in a candy store.
– Parts of our consumption is pathological.

Solutions

World Watch Institute:
– We don’t have the luxury of not bringing everybody along. Doing that would bring continuous conflict.

Marketoptimist from India:
– Price tags are the solution! Economists find new solutions by mixing resources in new ways.

Me:
– The UN Vision for sustainability is an old school justification of business as usual. Nothing new, but the youth will need to become entrepreneurs.

Tim Jackson:
– Emotions are essential in decision making. (YESSS! It’s about fear and love!)
– Mind shifts sometimes come faster than governments can afford.

Me:
– What about the feelings that Tim said are involved? Who is missing at this conference organized by our government?
– Sustainability is an existential issue, not a matter of logistics. How do we address this existential issue? Not a word about it! Just that the “Haves” will never give to the “Have-nots”!

Du kan se direktsändning fram till 25/4, kl 10.30: http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/15420. Därefter kan du se inspelning från konferensen.På www.twitter.com kan du se vad andra har sagt om konferensen på #sthlm40. Mina inlägg hittas på @BergmanJackie.

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