Joëlle Welfring, Luxembourg's Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development;
Credit: IMS Luxembourg
The eleventh edition of the Luxembourg Sustainability Forum, the flagship event organised by IMS - Inspiring More Sustainability, took place at Luxexpo The Box on Thursday 6 October 2022, on the opening day of the KlimaExpo; the event was also livestreamed.
The ongoing ecological challenge was at the centre of the exchanges of this 2022 edition. A challenge that animates consciences, as demonstrated by Glenn Albrecht, an Australian philosopher, through his intervention on "solastalgia", a term that he coined that puts into words the discomfort caused by negative environmental changes. Another reaction to these challenges is the polarisation of opinions, the persistence of denial and the use of toxic and unfounded conspiracy theories; University of Bristol Professor Stephan Lewandowsky analysed this fracturing of society.
These emotions are not a fatality but a springboard for action, as explained by Christian Clot, explorer-researcher and CEO of the Human Adaptation Institute, who said: "You cannot engage in a transformation that is not preceded by an emotion", as well as John Elkington, founder and chief pollinator of Volans, through his speech on the new capitalism. Optimistic speeches and testimonies of local companies indicated that we are already working more responsibly.
The event concluded with Christian Scharff, President of IMS, thanking his team, as well as the event speakers, partners and sponsors. More than 800 people attended the Luxembourg Sustainability Forum 2022, including 300 present on site.
To (re)experience the event, replays will be available this week on IMS Luxembourg's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bo4pZMJBy-FyHkIBT7VqQ.
