The world, shaken by the disasters which we have experienced as a result of the climate crisis, faced a global health crisis caused by Covid-19 in 2020. The pandemic has dramatically revealed the ecological and administrative crises we are in, especially the fragility in the healthcare system and economy. The whole world has directly experienced the incompetencies of the health system, the fragility of the economy and its negative consequences; The common reason behind the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic is the fact that our production-consumption-political structures are incompatible with nature. We will not be able to survive the climate crisis, the Covid-19 epidemic, or similar crises by intervening so much in nature and wildlife.
Many countries, including Turkey, have been continuing their way of so-called heroic and short term policy making instead of forming consistent policies which promote social justice and rights of nature. Under the conditions of quarantine, where unemployment and poverty reached their peak, citizenship rights such as right to adequate housing, access to clean water and food, healthy and accessible green spaces, universal basic income took their place in the list of basic needs for all people. The “normal” we have experienced until today has become questioned and more people have begun to voice the demand for “another world”.
At the Green Economy Conference, which we celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, we will discuss the economic, social and ecological effects of climate and Covid-19 crises. We will assess the devastating effects of the Covid-19 crisis on gender equality, global trade, production and consumption structures. We will discuss the alternatives the Green New Deal offers to meet these demands and the mechanisms it proposes to make life on earth more resilient.
As the Green Thought Association, we invite you to learn, think and act together at the 10th Green Economy Conference, which we will jointly organize with the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
PROGRAM:
14 November 2020, Day 1
10:00 – 10:30 ⎢Opening
Kristian Brakel, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Association Turkey Representative
Sevil Turan, Green Thought Association General Director
10:00 – 13:00 – I. Session
“Will the Green New Deal Be a Panacea for the Climate and COVID-19 Crises?”
10:30 – 11:00⎢”The Global Political Economy of Covid-19 and the Green New Deal”
James Kenneth Galbraith, University of Texas Austin, USA
11.00 – 11.25⎢“Reflections from Europe”
Evelyne Huytebroeck, Green European Party Co- Spokesperson
11.25 – 11.45⎢“Way Out from the Economic Crisis: Green New Deal”
Koray Doğan Urbarlı, Turkish Green Party Co-Spokesperson
11.45 – 12.15⎢Question and Answer
12.15 – 12.45 ⎢“While the Global Climate Regime is Maturing What Should Turkey Do“
Dr. Ahmet Atıl Aşıcı, Istanbul Technical University, IPC-Mercator 2020-2021 Fellow
12.45 – 13.00 ⎢Question and Answer
Moderator: Dr. Sevil Acar, Boğaziçi University
13.00 14.00 ⎢Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 II. Session
“Why is Green and Feminist Economies Needed in the Covid-19 Era?”
14:00 – 14:30⎢“The Care Income as a Tool for a Feminist Green New Deal”
Stefania Barca, Universidade de Coimbra, Portekiz
14.30 – 15.00⎢ “Care Economy in the Covid-19 Era and the Gender Gap”
Prof. Dr. İpek İlkkaracan, Istanbul Technical University
15.00 – 15.30 ⎢Break
15.30 – 16.30 ⎢Question and Answer
Moderator: Gökçe Yeniev, Researcher at Boğaziçi University
15 November 2020, Day 2
13:00 – 16:30 III. Session
How the COVİD-19 Crisis Affected the Turkish and World Economy? What Next?
13.00 – 13.30 ⎢“After COVID 19, Turkey Potential Impacts on Poverty and Income Distribution on Economy””
Dr. Ayşe Aylin Bayar, Istanbul Technical University
13.30 – 14.00 ⎢“Effect of the COVID 19 epidemic on the Turkey Economy and Evaluation of Policy Alternatives”
Professor Ebru Voyvoda, Middle East Technical University
14.00 – 14.30 ⎢Break
14.30 – 15.00 ⎢“COVID-19 and the Future of Globalization”
Professor Ayça Tekin Koru, TED University
15.00 – 16.00 ⎢Question and Answer
Moderator: Professor Begüm Özkaynak, Boğaziçi University