Programme
Sustainability Science Forum: Ensuring a just transition towards a net zero society
26th November 2025, Eventforum Bern
08:30 Doors open |
09:00 Welcome Sebastian Wörwag, Rector University of Applied Sciences Bern |
09:15 Setting the Stage Key conditions for a successful net-zero transition: A political science perspective (in german) Governing just transitions: The welfare state confronted with socio-ecological inequalities (in french) |
| 09:55 Moderated discussion (in english), question from the audience |
| 10:20 Break |
10:50 Sectors in the spotlight: Challenges and solutions Food systems: Fairness in the coffee trade (in german) Housing: Eco21 – how to make the social dimension central to energy-efficient renovations (in french) Mobility: How climate-friendly mobility can become affordable for everyone (in german) |
| 11:40 Humorous retrospective of the morning Impro theater: TAP Theater am Puls Bern |
| 12:00 Lunch |
13:15 Parallel sessions Session 1: Gerechtigkeit in der CO2-Abscheidung, Verwendung und Speicherung Session 2: Towards a Research Agenda on Just Transition in Switzerland Session 3: Social Innovations as Levers for a Just Transition Session 4: Justice for Everyday Consumers Session 5: Mission Impossible? Suffizienz und Soziale Gerechtigkeit Session 6: Beneath the Surface |
| 14:30 Break |
14:45 The transformation viewed from different perspectives The judge as climate saviour? Climate litigation - Opportunities and limits (in french) Labour market and justice in the transition to a net-zero economy (in english) The role of businesses in a just transition (in german) |
15:30 What we've learned and where we're going |
| 16:00 Thoughts on a just and climate-neutral Switzerland (in german) Jonas Lüscher (Author) |
| 16:30 Apéro |
Moderation: Josephine Herzig (Expedition Future) and Florian Egli (TU Munich)
Contatto
SCNAT
Iniziativa per la ricerca sulla sostenibilità (SRI)
Casa delle Accademie
Casella postale
3001 Berna