GLOBAL ASSEMBLY 2021

GLOBAL ASSEMBLY 2021 ON ‘TACKLING CLIMATE CRISIS AND GLOBAL POVERTY AND INEQUALITY’

Venue - Debate Chamber of Glasgow University Union, G12 8LX. Organized by The Centre for Development (CfD), Real-World Economist Dr Zasheem Ahmed convened the Global Assembly 2021. He welcomed the audience and briefly explained the theme of the Global Assembly Conference.

Prof John Struthers, Director of the  Centre for African Research on Enterprise and Economic Development (CAREED), University of the West of Scotland, moderated the Global Assembly Sessions, and Prof Luisa Brunori, University of Bologna, Italy Wrapped-Up the Global Assembly 2021.

The Day-long Global Assembly included a Special Conference Session on New Economics of 5-Optima (Corona Health Crisis & Vaccine, Climate Change & Nature, Poverty & Livelihood, AI & Job Losses, Inequality & Welfare). Aftermath of the Inaugural January 2021 and Special Issue (November 2021) - matching the core focus of COP26, the Journal of New Economics (JNE) was officially launched from the Global Assembly podium, amid the presence of a handful of Adam Smith scholars.

Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus delivered Global Assembly 2021 Keynote Speech on “Tackling Climate Crisis and Global Poverty & Inequality”.

 

PRESENTERS & TOPICS

Dr David Blockstein (Educationist of Bard College, New York, USA)

Title: Solve Climate By 2030 - Coordinated Climate Education (CCE)

 

Peter Fiekowsky (Founder and Chairman Emeritus Foundation for Climate Restoration, USA)

Title: Economics of Humanity Flourishing - New Economics and Climate Restoration

 

Bangla School (Md Zahid Karim, Managing Executive, Bangla School of Bangla Centre, Glasgow)

Title: Community School Pupils’ Green Display – Nothing Wasted 3 R’s

 

Heribert Genreith (GeoPhysicist, Economist, IFARA Institute, Switzerland)

Title: Climate Crisis and The "Great Reset" and Inflation

 

Sam Daley-Harris (Founder & Principal of Civic Courage and Climate Lobbyist, Washington, DC, USA)

Title: Whilst Addressing Climate Change We Must Dissolve Our Members' Powerlessness

 

Dr Sunita Gandhi (President, DEVI Sansthan, Dignity, Education, Vision International, India)

Title: Education and Climate Literacy, Inequality in the Post-COVID

Ellen McCance (Food for Fife Project - WE CAN! Fife, Scotland)

Title: Building A Local Food Network

 

Dr David Jordan (President & CEO of Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Health & Human Services Educator at Clark University, and Social Entrepreneur)

Topic: Climate Change and Food Security

 

Inger-Mette Stenseth (Founder - C6World.org & Coordinator of Norwegian Climate Network)

Title - Youth Mobilization for Greater Good

Global Creative Culture for Climate Action on the Ground. Now!  Imagine a creative culture mobilization youth around the world.

 

Group Presentations By -

1. Bremley W B Lyngdoh, Worldview Impact Foundation, UK – Myanmar;
2. Bo Sprotte Kofod, EarthBank.io – Denmark;
3. Sadaf Khalid, CEO WTTC Walnut Travel Tours & Consultancy Pakistan;
4. Nico Endlovo, ImaginAction, Zimbabwe-Scotland;
5. Rituraj Phukan, Indigenous People's Climate Justice Forum - World Climate School, India;
6. Alexandre de Beauharnais Romanovsky, Music 4 Climate Justice, USA - France. 

 

Online Facilitation with Global Team of ImaginAction led by Chetna Mehrotra (India), David Bovill (UK), Uri Noy-Meir, May Soun (Australia) - https://imaginaction.org/voicing-gaia