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  1. Jun 2025
    1. Panel Debate: Urban Development in an Era of Geopolitical Change BLOXHUB

      Annorations - live youtube event - Urban dev in era of geopolitical change - https://www.youtube.com/live/555ncdksVO0

      Notes - Bloxhub is a consulting company working on the frontiers - panel debate with - Michela Magas (Director of Research and Innovation at the Industry Commons Foundation), - Helle Søholt (CEO, Gehl Architects) & - Indy Johar (Executive Director, Dark Matter Labs). Moderator is Andrew Dubber.

      IJ - don't have copper infrastructure to electrify everything - we can only building 144,000 homes in all of EU but UK alone wants to build 350,000 homes - service and management processes that built our cities are no longer viable - probably looking at 3 Deg C GMT - 5 deg C higher on land - 8 deg C higher in city - if food prices are too high, the social contract is broken - we are living in a bubble of the idea of the city that is outdated - geoBIOLOGICAL factors - how radical can we get? - incremental change is not enough - what is the radical re-imagination required? - AI - 1-on-1 with energy, cognitive inequality = energy inequality = AI inequality - How do we operate in a post-labor economy? - Human economy is radically different - Need to operate between the philosophy and the technical

      HS - polycrisis - addressing it is challenging - people are talking about the positive outcome - EU countries coming together - I'm spokesperson for new architecture policy of Denmark - cultural, planning and housing minister all meeting - unprecedented - Using what we already have: - idling resources of empty buildings - Urban nature / biodiversity - More urban green - re-imagine the future EU city - energy transition - localized - Inclusiveness - Bloxhub advocates the Copenhagen model - On US side, 1/3 of our revenues are from US - public sector - real estate dev - 25% of US malls closing down - philanthropy - recently, due to Trump govt policies: - 5 projects closed due to DEI - climate action plans in jeopardy

      MM - translating philosophy into technology as per IJ but also - translating morality into technology - New European Bauhaus High Level Round Table - 18 experts - value mapping - justice is high priority - Quote - Alan X - Unless ideas are massaged into reality, they evaporate - Ecosystem Living

      discussion HS - Copenhagen is the most livable city in the world now - but will it be the most resilient? - We need to think extremely long term - but we are searching for a new model - The infrastructure-led approach is not going to be enough to deal with the social and political crisis - We at Gail are searching for a more problem or culture led approach

      IJ - Walked past a beautiful piece of jewelry but behind that visible beauty is invisible violence - Copenhagen as most livable city, is backed by invisible high carbon intensity - Have to think about the systems in which our human system exist within - There's a shadow behind a wellbeing city - We need a new theory of abundance - Regenerative supply chains - required but are difficult - If we consider externalities, we have to multiply by 10x - The future is not just infrastructure but multiple portfolios - City must go from representation to participation - perspective shift - from austerity to abundance - Edo period of Japan was already a circular economy - Need to construct the new politics of abundance and abundance economy is based on intangibles

      MM - joining together many small groups is important

      ? What's the next steps?

      HS - THere is innovation capacity at a neighborhood level - We need to find ways to give agency to citizens - Locating intermediate organizations to lead the way

      IJ - Look at the shadow, don't run away from it - Book - In praise of shadow

      MM - cities give us a template to look into public commons - state owned on one side, corporate on the other - public commons

  2. Mar 2025
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  5. Apr 2023
    1. Das Interview mit dem UAE-Ölminister, #Adnoc-Chef und #COP28-Präsidenten Sultan Al Jaber ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie die Fossil-Branche den Kampf gegen die durch sie verursachte Klimakatastrophe hijackt. Dazu gehört es auch - verkörpert durch diesen Minister, der gleichzeitig Firmenchef ist - das hochpolitische Öl- und Gasgeschäft als Business-as-usual auszugeben.

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