Olivia Popescu, Dan Apostol (Editors)
Which forces are driving Europe? There are initiatives for sustainable development and a joint legal framework but also short term economic interests and national egoism. And of course internal challenges like ageing of the population, lack of own energy resources and external ones like climate change and degradation of global ecosystems have a major impact. Many of these forces are competing and try to move Europe into opposite directions.
The Conference "Which Forces Are Driving Europe" discussed the challenges and went beyond the Eurocentric perspective. All humans are embedded in the same global biosphere and depend on its services - both on terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
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ForewordThomas Schauer, Călin Georgescu
The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Daniel Dăianu
European Union - Threats or Opportunities
Mugur Isărescu
The European Dream
Mircea Malitza
The Beneficiaries of the "Reformed Treaty"
Răzvan Buzatu
Competition between National Interests is a Key Force Driving Europe
Alvaro Ballesteros
Man and Nature in the 21st Century - 13 Theses for Europe and the World
Michael Succow
The Future of the Oceans - A Driving Force of Europe
Anitra Thorhaug
New Perspectives for an Integrated Europe. The Driving Forces
Paul Rademaker
The European Strategy for Sustainable Development and the Aspects of Environmental Education
Thomas Schauer
European Neighbourhood: Squaring the Circle
Sergiu Celac
The Energy Conflicts and the EU at the Beginning of the XXI Century
Ionuț Purica
EU Enlargement and the Nation-State
Medea Abashidze
Romania at the Eve of the Third Millenium
Călin Georgescu
Black Sea Region: Challenging the Sustainability
Yaroslav Movchan, Oksana Tarasova
Environmental Justice as a Major Challenge for Ukraine in the 21st Century
Tetiana V. Gardashuk
De-Growth for Earth Survival
Raoul Weiler
Happiness and Sustainable Development
Krisztina Ónodi
Who Will Pay for Sustainability?
David Lehrer
The Green Salary: Reversing Unemployment through Environmental Protection
Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis
Financial Sustainability
Florian Colceag
Integrating Sustainable Development Into Higher Education
Ildiko Tulbure
A World Demographic and Social Revolution: the Lengthening of the Life Cycle
Orio Giarini
Socio-Economic and Political Globalisation
The potential of Power from the Deserts
Max Schön, Gerry Wolff, Michael Straub
Facing this crisis
Krunoslav Pisk, Jasminka Laznjak, Vladimir Cvijanovic, Marko Kristof, Vilim Ribić, Paul Stubbs, Ivo Slaus
The Role of the National Associations of the Club of Rome
Esko Kalimo