International Public Lecture Starting Green Transition In Kalimantan To Entrench Economic Dynamism, Social Progress, And Environmental Sustainbility is a direct cooperation activity that exists in Palangka Raya now which is between UPR, BI, UN & SDSN in the program in Indonesia on the green transition in Kalimantan both in the economic, social and environmental sustainability fields.
For this discussion, where a general seminar for students, lecturers, invited guests was held at the UPR rectorate office on Friday, February 10, 2023 which started at 09:00-12:00 WIB. This seminar was welcomed directly by the rector of UPR, Prof. Dr. Salampak Dohong, MS as well as several UPR deans and at the same time UPR female students to important guests for this seminar, namely guests from Bank Indonesia (BI), as well as UN-SDSN, namely Prof. Wing Thye Woo, a Malaysian-American economist who is a direct speaker in this seminar entitled "PUBLIC LECTURE Starting Green Transition In Kalimantan To Entrench Economic Dynamism, Social Progress, And Environmental Sustainbility".
The 17 SDGs: Economic Prosperity, Social Justice, and Ecological Balance
The Interrelatedness of Things
•Leo Tolstoy in opening of Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
•What is the right translation of Tolstoy’s insight?
(a) Additive? Y = X0 + aX1 + bX2 + cX3
(b) Synergistic? Y = X0 X1a X2b X3c
•A Holistic Approach is required to ensure compatibility amongst Economic Prosperity, Social Justice, and Ecological Balance → 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
• SDSN was established in 2012 with Jeffrey Sachs as President, under auspices of Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon, to promote sustainable development
• September 2015: UN General Assembly adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, SDSN helped coordination of inputs
• December 2015: Global community signed Paris Climate Treaty, Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project headed by Jeffrey Sachs and Laurence Tubiana had provided input
1.Undertake research to produce practical solutions
2.Mobilize knowledge units to participate in Task 1 and to campaign governments and regional/global agencies to translate fruits from Task 1 into policy actions
3.Make high-quality education for sustainable development (ESD) accessible to every segment of every society → SDG Academy
1.THE NEW INTERNATIONAL NORMAL
The New International Normal: The return of China to the center of the international stage
•China GDP is larger than US GDP (in PPP$), i.e. China can produce as many warplanes as the US annually → potential security threat to US → Cold War 2.0 economic deglobalization → production chains have to be reconfigured with permanent efficiency loss
• China is world’s biggest CO2 emitter → Global warming → breaching ecological limits → production systems have to be reconfigured, short-run individual loss but long-run collective gain
Recent & Future,Global Hegemons
1. 19th Century: United Kingdom
2. 20th Century: United States
3. 21st Century: China?
