We invite you to revisit our third Sustainable Transitions Dialogue: “Nature-Based Solutions in Marine-Coastal Ecosystems”, in which leading experts in marine ecology, conservation, and sustainability participated. We explored the fundamental role of marine-coastal ecosystems in climate change mitigation and biodiversity management.

You can now watch the full event in the Event Memories (below) on our YouTube Channel, clicking here.

We are pleased to share that TRAJECTS successfully hosted a Joint Virtual Lecture on Tuesday, September 17th, at 3 pm (Berlin time) at TU Berlin and online. This event focused on "The Role of Circular Economy in Shaping Just Energy, Climate, and Sustainability Transitions."

The lecture featured three distinguished speakers, each bringing a wealth of knowledge and diverse perspectives to the discussion:

• Prof. Matthias Finkbeiner from TU Berlin
• Prof. Andrea Carolina Cardoso Díaz from Universidad del Magdalena
• Prof. Harro von Blottnitz from the University of Cape Town

Each speaker offered unique insights into the circular economy's role in driving sustainable energy, climate action, and broader sustainability transitions. Following these presentations, a dynamic panel discussion will took place, allowing the audience to engage directly with the experts in a meaningful dialogue.

The event was streamed live via Zoom with simultaneous translation into Spanish, enabling participants from different regions to actively take part. You can watch the videos of the session in both English and Spanish below.

We are grateful to everyone who attended and contributed to this important conversation on shaping a sustainable future!

You can now watch the full event in the Event Memories (below) on our YouTube Channel, clicking here.

We invite you to revisit our second Dialogue on Just Transitions: "Facing the anthropocene and the environmental climate crisis from the wisdom of native peoples and traditional communities".

This space focused on traditional knowledge as a tool to face the socio-environmental crises of the Anthropocene, marked by climate change, which is generating extreme conditions to which we must adapt, where ancestral knowledge offers us numerous answers.

You can now watch the full event in the Event Memories (below) on our YouTube Channel, clicking here.

TRAJECTS is pleased to invite you to this interesting dialogue in which we will discuss how the active participation of the industry and vocational or technical education can favor the just transition in terms of labor reconversion, during the process of exiting coal.

Special guests:

• Dr. Marcus Eckelt: Head of the Department of Vocational Education and Training - Technical University of Berlin.
• Claudia Blanco Rada: Train operator, treasurer of SINTRACARBON Ciénaga and worker of CI PRODECO S.A.
• Daniel Lázcares: Director of the  Department of Research in Education and Vocational Technical Training - Technical University of Costa Rica.
• Dania Lizbeth Guzmán Beleño: Microbiologist, Specialist in Environmental Management, Master in Sustainable  Development and Environment.

The TRAJECTS Centre is going to host two information sessions via Zoom for the Junior and Senior Research Stay applicants in English and Spanish.

The purpose of these sessions is to address any questions that applicants or interested parties may have. The speaker will also provide a step-by-step guide on how to apply for the call.

The Spanish session:

Date: Monday, March 11th.
Time: 9:00 AM COT (-5 UCT).

The English session:

Date: Wednesday, March 13th.
Time: 3:00 PM CET (+1 UCT).

Te invitamos a participar en el taller “Apropiación Social de la Transición”. Este espacio tiene como objetivo facilitar el aprendizaje colaborativo y colectivo sobre las transiciones justas y la apropiación social de la tecnología. Las transiciones energéticas justas son indivisibles de la apropiación social de la tecnología. Esta última permite una mayor participación y control de las comunidades locales, la co-creación de soluciones energéticas adaptadas y la memoria y reconocimiento de las injusticias del modelo energético actual.

Este evento se llevará a cabo en la Hemeroteca de la Universidad Nacional (Laboratorio Innovación para la Paz).

¡No olvides registrarte. Aforo limitado!

Organizan:

- Centro de Pensamiento para la Estructuración de la Sustentabilidad en la Educación Superior

- Proyecto Eléctrica

- Proyecto Apropiación Social de las Tecnologías para la Sustentabilidad.

Apoya: TRAJECTS

Register here

Event overview:

Title: Exploring Alternative Renewable Energy Financing Pathways

Format: Virtual Lecture 

Date and Time: 16:00-18:00 (GMT+2), 16 November 2023

The upcoming virtual lecture invites a conversation about alternative financing models for renewable energy technology, diverging from the conventional reliance on multinational corporations public-private partnerships. The central focus lies on addressing the capital needs essential for transitioning to renewable energy that considers sustainable production and consumption, restorative practice of planetary systems, energy access and affordability.Recognizing the government sector's budget constraints, hinders their ability to fund the transition adequately, this conversation places emphasis on forging partnerships broader than the public and private sector. The primary aim is to engage with possibilities of various public-public partnerships that might ensure a more equitable and just energy transition. The lecture also underscores the recognition of energy as a fundamental social need (SDG 7) and explores the concept of renewable energy as a 'public good' within the framework of a just transition.

TRAJECTS Global Academy offers a space to foster knowledge, collaboration, learning and unlearning on sustainability transitions between Colombia, South Africa, and Germany. The Academy aims to inspire, share and co-create innovative ‘solutions’ for communities and countries facing similar challenges. The first TRAJECTS Global Academy will offer four spaces for collective learning and engaging in critical dialogue and exchange on just and sustainability transitions.