Press room

Press coordinator: Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, +46 704 71 69 75

Press events related to:
The city of Lund:  Karin Lindroth Renhäll, +46 734 15 09 55
The University of Lund: Anna Gislén,  +46 705 48 02 35
IIIEE: Elisabet Knöppel, +46 705 77 22 02
The city of Malmö: Monika Månsson, +46 708 69 82 91

Lund is just starting its climate neutralizing process for the city, and the Planet in 2050-meeting is climate neutral. All travel for the delegates is climate-neutralized by tree planting.
http://sydsvenskan.se/lund/article384879.ece

Press release 31st October

Press release 31st October in English

Pressrelease 31 oktober på svenska

Pictures from the press conference 2008-10-27

Press conference - Piraten salen Grand Hotel

Press conference - Piraten salen Grand Hotel

Press conference - Piraten salen Grand Hotel

Group photo - Grand Hotel

Press pictures of participating delegates

Guy Brasseur

Robert Costanza

Torvald Jacobsson

Jill Jaeger

John Katzenberger

Rik Leemans

Uchita de Zoysa

Selected “Vision Papers” from a few of the participating scientists
As a preparation for the workshop all of the delgates has been asked to prepare a “Vision Statment” with their view on the desirable future for the Earth and the best pathways to reach this future. We have posted a few of them below.

A Virtual Visit to 2050 by Bob Costanza

Earth in the year 2050 - The vision of Joshua Farley

Best Policies, Best Practices, Best Behaviours: driving Solutions together for a Sustainable Future by Anthony Simon

Inteview with Bob Costanza and Johan Rockström from Reuters InterActive Carbon Markets Communit

Crunch may spur rethink of nature as ‘free’