… an exceptionally difficult 21st century. The consequences of the ever increasing global warming have been described several times. The geosystems could reach a … spreading are examples of such changes. We went through a similar experience in the global financial crisis of 2008, when banks were suddenly nationalised. As long as …

… make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson We are in the midst of one of the biggest global wake-up calls in history, threatening both individual lives and entire … public health emergency. It’s something bigger. It’s nature telling us that the new global ecology that we have created through our ravaging of Earth’s resources holds …

… in the digital world, have been established on a decentralised basis. Modern energy supply systems established according to principles of sustainability are based on … on the effects that digital networking could have on sustainability in the future: global flows of logistics are to a large extent managed by German software …

… resources, places less strain on the environment, strengthens regional value chains, recycles resources and makes our economy as a whole more resilient – … resources, places less strain on the environment, strengthens regional value chains, recycles resources and makes our economy as a whole more resilient – …

… in the political structure. The cooperation between countries, the approach to a global problem, is not yet working as it should. This is something with which we are … business, society and politics had already been advocating before the crisis. The global "recovery" needs direction. It has to be sustainable, future-proof and …

… for resolving future problems. Whether it is the economy, the environment, global justice or the role of science: conventional interpretations of prob-lems and … derived from this for a less precarious and more just future are outlined in the Global Sustainability Report of the UN : In our highly networked world, human …

… to water and sewerage is now especially acute in many growing cities across the global south . Daily wage earners and the urban poor of all stripes are suffering … the current pandemic we knew cities needed to change significantly to meet the global goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals, or New …

… of most sectors and countries abruptly and strongly decreased . To prevent a global economic and social crisis, governments around the world have proposed … enacted a program worth $2 trillion . The German government approved an unlimited supply of business loans and a crisis fund of €600 billion . In Switzerland, the … as policies create losers and winners among firms and affected supply chains . Because of these distributional politics, decarbonisation remains a …

… has a solid record as a paradigm of resilience The coronavirus crisis has had a global impact on economic and social life. Supply chains have been disrupted, travel has been cancelled, life has slowed down. It is …

… sector profiteers. In the health care system in particular, the obsession with globalisation has created a life-threatening dependency , which suggests an … and to channel the income from the Fund For the Future into sustainable value chains and a loop economy, the proceeds of which would flow back to the private …

… which prioritises health care and the protection of the climate and rationalises globalisation by focusing on maintaining and redeveloping domestic and regional … since 2008. Main research fields: economics and ecology, applied statistics, globalization and local economy. Oliver Foltin Protestant Institute for …

… and disruption of daily lives it forces us to imagine the world in new ways. Global cooperation was already under immense stress and there is a clear possibility … is a key driver. It is crucial that the economic stimulus needed to restart the global economy after COVID-19 is low-carbon and in line with the Paris Agreement to …