The new Einstein Center Climate Change and Public Policy of Human Settlements (ECCC, in formation) is a public policy oriented research center designed to harness and further develop the unique potential of the Berlin Brandenburg region, its landscape of universities and various non-university institutes and stakeholders. Public policy is in the core of the movement required to set the course for climate mitigation and adaptation. Based on this, the new center will focus on climate solutions that work now, also reflecting the technological, societal and cultural transformation processes that these solutions will catalyze. The ECCC will pursue its goals by: i) advancing world class research; ii) identifying and fostering climate change solutions that work now; iii) educating the next generation of decision makers; and iv) reflecting, supporting and co-developing the associated social and cultural transformations. It will focus on subnational action at the scale of human settlements, ranging from metropolitan to rural areas, and taking Berlin and Brandenburg as primordial cases.
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The Einstein Center Climate Change and Public Policy of Human Settlements (ECCC, in formation) originates from the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg joint initiative, founded in 2020, involving Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Charité Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, University of Potsdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and more than 30 research partners.
This event was part of Berlin Science 2021 and has comprised the following programme features:
Program:
Climate change demands behavioral change: What are the challenges?
Elke Weber, Princeton University (Input)
Panel Discussion with:
Ottmar Edenhofer I Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Christian Thomsen I President, Technische Universität Berlin
Elke Weber I Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Presentation of the ECCC:
Felix Creutzig I Head of working group Land Use, Infrastructure and Transport at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and Professor at Technische Universität Berlin
Meet Scientists of the ECCC I Fishbowl:
Felix Creutzig I Head of working group Land Use, Infrastructure and Transport at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) and Professor at Technische Universität Berlin
Sophia Becker I Professor for Sustainable Mobility and Transdisciplinary Research Methods, Technische Universität Berlin
Timothée Ingen-Housz I Professor for Dramaturgy and Design of Audiovisual Communication, Berlin University of the Arts
Moderation: Julia Vismann I Host Talking Science Podcast RBB (Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg) and BUA (Berlin University Alliance)