On May 24, 2023, Professor Klaus Hubacek of University of Groningen in the Netherlands was invited to give an online academic report entitled "Global Carbon inequality, power alliance, and the Paris agreement". The report will be chaired by Professor Wang Ke, with over 50 teachers and students from the center and college attending. Professor Klaus Hubacek discussed in the report how the COVID-19 unintentionally promoted the realization of the goals of the Paris Agreement, and whether the government could lift millions of people out of poverty without significantly increasing carbon emissions. In addition, the report also discusses the impact of the EU's green agreement and the current rise in energy prices on global income distribution, as well as whether there is any room for improvement in carbon taxes when the Cost of living crisis and income gap are already large. The research content covered in the report is of great significance for global carbon reduction, poverty reduction, carbon inequality reduction, and achieving sustainable development. After the report, the teachers and students of the center and college had in-depth exchanges and discussions with Professor Klaus Hubacek on carbon inequality and poverty issues.
Professor Klaus Hubacek is a professor of Ecological economics at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development of the University of Groningen. His research focuses on conceptualizing and modeling the interactions between humans and environmental systems, as well as developing and modeling scenarios for future changes. He has published over 200 research papers on climate change adaptation and mitigation, ecosystem service management, land use change and governance, and has published high-level articles in international journals such as Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, and PNAS. His research results have been presented in international news media, including Science News, The Guardian, Le Monde, New Scientist, CBS, the German TVand Radio, and BBC. He also serves as an editor for multiple scientific journals, including Applied Energy and Journal of Industrial Ecology. At the same time, he is also the main author of the third working group of the sixth evaluation report of the IPCC.
