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IGES Open Lecture
Mr. Ian Johnson, Secretary-General, The Club of Rome
“Real Values and their role in promoting the new economics of Growth and
Real Wealth: Sustainability under Scrutiny” |
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 In preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to be held in Brazil in 2012, IGES is promoting discussion of the key aspects of sustainability, such as governance for sustainable development and green economy.
As a part of its activities towards Rio+20, IGES held an open lecture "Real Values and Their Role in Promoting the New Economics of Growth and Real Wealth: Sustainability under Scrutiny" inviting Mr. Ian Johnson, Secretary General for the Club of Rome on 31 May 2011 in Tokyo.
Looking at economic activity in today's world and how it was causing critical issues for mankind including environmental damage, the lecture noted a need to change the direction toward economies more conducive to social sustainability and pointed out the necessity to ensure full employment and protect the natural capital.
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Outline of the Lecture |
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“Real Values and their role in promoting the new economics of Growth and Real Wealth: Sustainability under Scrutiny”
Economics has rapidly become divorced from real values. This results in sub-optimum decisions and the wasteful use of scarce resources: financial, natural , human and social. We need a major paradigm shift in the way we value the goods and services that will provide the most benefit to the future of humankind. In doing so we must re-assess the most important characteristics of a sustainable and safe world and reflect upon the current scale and challenges posed by the level and nature of global unemployment; the extent to which we undervalue the world’s natural resource and environmental base; the nature of current and future markets and their role in sustainable value creation; and the extent to which we need a major effort to restore and develop the social and cultural capital we have lost.
 Background paper: Real Values and their Role in Promoting the New Economics of Growth:
Sustainability under Scrutiny (PDF, 262KB) |
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Agenda |
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| 10:00 |
Opening |
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Opening Remarks:
Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Prof. Hironori Hamanaka, Chair of the Board of Directors,
IGES |
| 10:20 |
Lecture |
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Real Values and their role in promoting the new economics of Growth and Real Wealth: Sustainability under Scrutiny
Mr. Ian Johnson, Secretary-General, The Club of Rome |
| 11:20 |
Q&A Session |
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| 11:50 |
Closing |
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Profile of Mr. Ian Johnson |
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 Ian Johnson was appointed as Secretary General of the Club of Rome as of April 2010. A British national, Ian has experience in the areas of sustainable development, energy and economic policy. He joined the World Bank as a Young Professional in 1980, and in 1998 he was promoted to Vice President with responsibilities for Sustainable Development, environment, agriculture and social policy. He was also appointed as Chairman of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). He left the World Bank in 2006 and has since then undertaken a number of advisory positions in the public and private sector. |
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Research Support Section
The IGES Secretariat
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