Science and Education for Sustainable Development
(Nature and People, Foundation Vostok Discussion Club)

Science and education for sustainable development are becoming not only a prerequisite for achieving the goals of sustainable development, but also its key tools. Being one of the traditional and most large-scale social institutions and processes of society functioning, science and education are beginning to transform their content and form of development in such a way as to most effectively contribute to the further survival and development of our civilization. The global crisis and global geopolitical processes that pose a threat to the existence of humanity today have become global in scale, which dictates the need for the wide use of advanced mechanisms and development factors. Science and education, acting as an important component of civilizational development, reflects and transmits its main features.

Moderator:

• Sergey Rybakov, Programme Director, Vostok Discussions Club, General director of the Nature and People Foundation

Speakers:

• Alexey Gromyko, Director, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS); Chairman, Association for Foreign Policy Studies named after A.A. Gromyko (video address)
• Nikolay Kropachev, Rector, St. Petersburg University (video address)
• Vladimir Moshkalo, Head of the UN Environment Programme Russia Office (video address)
• Anatoly Nikolaev, Rector, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
• Ramon Pichs-Madruga, Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Alexander Sergeev, Scientific Supervisor, National Center for Physics and Mathematics (NCFM) (video address)
• Vladimir Uskov, Head of the Climate and Environmental Issues for Sustainable Development Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
• Stanislav Zhukov, Corresponding Member, Dr. of Science (Economics), Deputy Director for Scientific Work, the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (video address)