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Webinar Series: Global Goodness – Discussions on Global Business Ethics

What kind of future do we want to create? What will happen to humanity?

The wicked problems are global, so we also need globally shared values - future aims - ​​to solve the issues. Climate change and loss of biodiversity require action. Can we create biocentric ethics instead of anthropocentric ethics? New technologies also pose challenges to ethics: we need to discuss global ethics of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, for example? What are the values ​​of states' foreign policy? How can we overcome poverty and inequality?

sustainable development
responsibility
webinar

University of Turku Plants Trees in Namibia as Carbon Sinks

13.05.2019
News

Within a collaboration project of the University of Turku and the University of Namibia, a large tree area is created in Namibia to function as a carbon sink and also to serve the ecological and economic needs of Namibia. The launch of the Carbon Garden project was celebrated at the University of Namibia’s campus in Henties Bay on 10 May 2019. The attendees included the first President of Namibia Sam Nujoma and the current Vice President Nangolo Mbumba.

Namibia
Carbon Garden
sustainable development
carbon sink
environment

Tanzania's Preparation for Climate Risks Supported by Collaboration between University of Turku and Four Local Universities

14.02.2019
News

The World Bank is funding the University of Turku and four Tanzanian universities in developing geospatial expertise to control risks posed by floods and climate change. Cities in Tanzania are especially vulnerable to the extreme phenomena caused by climate change due to population growth and weak urban planning.

geospatial data
Tanzania
sustainable development