April 14, 2011

Sustainable development: change in an age of austerity? [WP1069]

• Sustainable development and the environment

Has the recession knocked sustainable development off course? Is there an agenda that could be proactively pursued? These questions and more are discussed while making a comparison between the UK and Germany.

Contributors are:

Sara Parkin, Founder Director, Forum for the Future, London

Ursula Heinen-Esser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin