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Proposal for Call for Papers "Global Environmental Change and
the Nation State"
2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change Berlin, 7-8 December 2001
http://www.environmental-policy.de/
Wanted: An INTEGAL AGENDA:
Horizontal, vertical, sectoral and integral policies in common frames
of references
Heiner Benking; The Millennium Project, Berlin Node
Abstract:
This paper explores whether the awareness of the complex web of interdependencies
triggered by the "global environmental crisis" is enough to generate public
understanding and invite concerted action. The first report to the CLUB
of ROME showed that the attention and interest of people is in general
focused on other levels and segments and is not spanning and interacting
along and across scales as would be mandatory to map and identify areas
of interest and care. The paper presents not only a synopsis towards GLOBAL
CHANGE research of the last 13 years, but also towards an "Integral
Agenda" and how to make people collectively consider, feel and share
alternative strategies and actions.
"Integral Agenda" as a term was introduced to underline the need of
shared understanding, "common frames" of references, as it was called in
the Rio process, as prerequisite for shared policies and collective awareness
in order to be able to share positions and perspectives and "gauge the
human prospectus" (see Noel Brown in (1)).
After an "historic" review, as covered to greater detail in KnowMap
(2) and the "Global Change - Integral Agenda" synopsis the paper will focus
on areas of application, such as education, policy making with the help
of situation rooms (4)), and culture navigation ((combined reference spaces))
for bridging multi-lingual, multi-cultural, multi-medial "canyons" (5).
(1) http://benking.de/Global-Change/FIGXX-Melbourne-1994.htm
(2) http://benking.de/benking_mapping.htm
(3) http://www.benking.de/Global-Change/global-integral-agenda.html
(4) http://www.newciv.org/cob/members/benking/sitspace.html
and http://www.benking.de/isp-speakers.html
(5) http://www.benking.de/avi.htm
Heiner Benking, Associate
Millennium Project (AC/UNU)
presently establishing the
"Berlin Co-Laboratory Node" (i.Gr.)
PoBox 410 0326
12119 Berlin
030 793 2230
heiner@benking.de
millennium.project@berlin.de
http://benking.de
http://stateofthefuture.org
http://mpcollab.org
Beside the homepage benking.de with a broader picture, the author would like to recommend open-forum.de and in particular the following papers for a reference to the "matter":