The planetary boundaries concept defines the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate, that is, the Earth System processes that set safe boundaries for human activities. Of the original nine proposed boundaries, as of April 2022, we have crossed six. NOT GOOD NEWS. Crossing these boundaries increases the risk of generating large-scale abrupt or irreversible environmental changes.
The theme for LUGO's Sustainability Day event will tackle these boundaries, and what it means that we've crossed them. It will take place Tuesday, 9 May 2023, from 14.00-18.00, and will include an opening talk by Jan Willem Erisman, among others. Location: Academy Building, Leiden.
Official Programme
*Remember to register! Especially for the events with a maximum number of available places for participants (first-come, first-serve)!*
Theme: The Planetary Boundaries.
Runs: 14.00-18.00.
14.00-14.45:
- Opening by Annetje Ottow (President of the Leiden University Executive Board). Location: Telders room, Academy building.
- Keynote by Jan Willem Erisman (professor at CML, Chair of the Dutch Scientific Climate Council) on the 9 planetary boundaries. Location: Telders room, Academy building.
14.45: Symposium opens (closes at 17.45). Location: Faculty Club Restaurant.
14.45: Case study on ecosystem restoration: Loess Plateau (closes at 17.45). (Biosphere integrity boundary). Location: Faculty Club Restaurant.
15.00-15.30:
- Climate and justice talk with Shivant Jhagroe. (Covered: climate change boundary). Location: Telders room, Academy building.
- Moderated discussion on the ethics of pollutants with Wouter Kalf. (Covered: Novel entities boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- If interested, remember to register! Maximum amount of participants is 10.
15.00-16.00: Nitrogenous game: optimal policy solution game. (Covered: Biogeochemical flows boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- If interested, remember to register! Maximum amount of participants is 14. Required: bring a laptop to this event.
15.35-16.45. Workshop: Land use change trade-off modelling with Nynke Schulp. (Covered: Land system change boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- REGISTRATION CLOSED! Maximum amount of participants is 10. Required: bring a laptop to this event.
15.40-17.00: Montreal protocol negotiation simulation. Activity lead: the Young Diplomat. (Covered: Stratospheric ozone depletion boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- If interested, remember to register! Maximum amount of participants is 18.
16.00-16.30 and 16.30-17.00: Screening of Acid Test documentary. (Covered: Ocean acidification boundary). Location: Telders room, Academy building.
16.15-17.00: Visualisation challenge: Looking to space – Aerosol particle impact (collective collage-making, guided). (Covered: Atmospheric aerosol loading boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- If interested, remember to register! Maximum amount of participants is 14.
16.45-17.30: Poetry workshop by LUGO. Theme: bodies of water. (Covered: Freshwater use boundary). Location: Faculty Club (room nr tba).
- If interested, remember to register! Maximum amount of participants is 10.
17.30-18.00: Closing and award ceremony for ‘Beyond the Safe Space: Spring Podcast Competition’.