IDOS at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC)

Event Type
Conference

Location / Date
Hamburg, 07.10.2024 until 08.10.2024

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Michael Otto Foundation and the City of Hamburg. The operational organizer of the conference is the non-profit company Hamburg Sustainability Conference gGmbH.

The HSC is a new conference format aimed at fostering the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the HSC, leading minds from politics, business, science and civil society plan the implementation of joint processes to achieve the SDGs. In times of increasing geopolitical crises, the HSC promotes multilateral exchange, encourages open dialog and aims to strengthen trust in international partnerships. The discussions focus on the design of political frameworks for joint action and the co-creation of breakthroughs to achieve the SDGs. The HSC aims to strengthen the role and responsibility of all stakeholders including the private sector in new sustainability alliances. The programme of the first HSC is clustered around three key issues: First, how can the international financial architecture be reshaped to support sustainability? Second, how to unleash investments for the SDGs? Third, how can transformations be leveraged through resilient food systems, green energy and net zero economies, responsible artificial intelligence and digitalisation, future cities and empowering societies?

As the scientific partner of the HSC, IDOS supports the conference process with its scientific expertise and international networks on key sustainable development issues. IDOS is involved in the co-creation of policy briefs and various sessions at the HSC, among others:

• Multilateral cooperation for sustainable development
• Unlocking political contexts for sustainability transformations
• Economic pathways toward sustainable futures
• Private investments in green hydrogen
• Sustainable trade
• Sustainable finance frameworks
• Debt management
• Human rights due diligence in agricultural production

IDOS will contribute to the effective engagement of the younger generations at the HSC and will bring together young professionals  from both its Managing Global Governance and Shaping Futures programmes to feed perspectives of future generations into the debate about sustainable futures, reflect on the HSC and its key outcomes and provide collective recommendations to the organisers and key stakeholders.

Conference participation is invitation-only.

Events at HSC24

Event
IDOS Alumni Pre-Conference Meeting

Date & Time: Sunday, 06 Oct. 2024, 13:00-16:00

Location: City of Hamburg, Neuenfelder Strasse 19, 21109 Hamburg (invite only)

Organizers: IDOS, City of Hamburg

Description: In preparation for the HSC, the group of IDOS alumni will agree on core dimensions and questions to be asked during and towards the conference. Has content sufficiently included younger generations’ perspectives? Is the format for discussion conducive to include young professionals and the youth? These and other questions should form the framework for recommendations to the organisers for consideration before the next conference in 2025. Senator Jens Kerstan (Minister of Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture) will greet the young professionals/alumni of IDOS academies and programmes. The meeting is facilitated by Sven Grimm(IDOS) andChris Büscher(IDOS)

Event
Young Professionals Networking Breakfast

Date & Time: Monday, 07 Oct. 2024, 7:30-9:30

Location: Börsensaal, Networking area, Chamber of Commerce, 21109 Hamburg (invite only)

Organizers: IDOS, UNDP and UNICEF

Description: Following up on the IDOS young professional round table to discuss the draft of policy brief (18 September 2024), and after meeting virtually with most of the youth and young professional participants on the 30th September 2024, HSC provides an opportunity for IDOS alumni to interact with youth groups facilitated to the conference by UNICEF and UNDP. During this first networking opportunity, participants can discuss points of interests they would wish to explore in the two days conference, and  nurture future connections. 

Participants:IDOS alumni, UNDP(20), UNICEF,  Chris Büscher (IDOS), and Sven Grimm (IDOS). Sven Grimm is Political Scientist and Head of the Research Programme "Inter- and Transnational Cooperation".

Event
Accelerator group: What Nourishes Trust in Multilateral Development Collaboration and How Can We Get There Together?

Date & Time: Monday, 07 Oct. 2024, 13:00-15:00

Location: Alster-Zimmer, Chamber of Commerce Hamburg, Germany (invite only)

Organizers: IDOS, BMZ

Description: Trust in international cooperation has declined, particularly among emerging markets and developing economies, while divisions over responses to conflicts deepen. Many multilateral negotiations are stalled due to differing priorities and a lack of confidence in these platforms. Engaging in discussions about development paradigms can reveal both conflicting views and common goals.

Speakers: confidential accelerator group. Moderators and session leads:Stephan Klingebiel and Sebastian Haug

Event
Young Professionals Networking Breakfast (with Achim Steiner and High-Level Guests)

Date & Time: Tuesday, 08 Oct. 2024, 7:30-9:30

Location: Börsensaal, Networking area, Chamber of Commerce, 21109 Hamburg (invite only)

Organizers: IDOS

Description: The young professionals of IDOS academy alumni together with youth groups from UNICEF and UNDP (representation of Y 20) will meet with high-level guests of the conference to exchange views and directly interact in a event named as networking breakfast. The networking breakfast will adopt a ‘world-cafe’ format where different high-level guests, including Achim Steiner, will engage with the youth and young professionals while addressing particular topic of interests relevant to the forums and hubs for this year’s HSC.  

Participants: Achim Steiner (UNDP) and other high-level guests (still to be confirmed).  IDOS alumni, UNDP Y20 youth group, UNICEF youth group, Sven Grimm (IDOS), Chris Büscher (IDOS)

Event
New-Alliance Talk: Fit-for-Purpose International Sustainable Finance Frameworks

Date & Time: Tuesday, 08 Oct. 2024, 11:00-12:00

Location: Commerzsaal, Chamber of Commerce, 21109 Hamburg

Organizers: BMZ, IDOS

Description: An increasing number of countries are adopting sustainable finance frameworks to enhance transparency in sustainable investments. To bolster international sustainable finance flows, it is essential to ensure interoperability among different frameworks while addressing the risk of a fragmented patchwork of definitions. What practical steps can be taken to ensure interoperability of sustainable finance frameworks globally, and how can capacity development support these efforts?

Speakers: among others, Luuk Zonneveld European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI), and Anna-Katharina Hornidge (IDOS)

Event
Future Talk: Sustainability versus Autocracy

Date & Time: Tuesday, 08 Oct. 2024, 11:00-13:00

Location: Forum, Chamber of Commerce, 21109 Hamburg

Organizers: IDOS and International IDEA

Description: Discussions about sustainability often focus on technical solutions. However, pathways to sustainable futures also require political solutions. This future talk will address the many ways in which the political context fosters or hinders sustainable futures. We are at a critical moment in global geopolitics, with democracy challenged by growing autocratization and the highest number of military conflicts since the end of the Cold War. The international community cannot afford to ignore the consequences of these pressures as a distraction from and barrier to the urgent need for sustainable transformation at national and global levels. The Russian war in Ukraine and the war in Gaza are increasing political instability, fracturing diplomatic relations, and displacing record numbers of people while nationalist populism and polarization grow. In such environments, how do we advance sustainability? How can stakeholders across politics, governance, peace communities, business, and civil society collaborate to ensure that political and security barriers to sustainability transformations are addressed and prioritized?

Discussants and participants will identify pathways towards more reliable political futures. The future talk aims to build and reinforce reliable alliances across politics, the governance and peace communities, business, and civil society.

Speakers: Kevin Casas-Zamora (IDEA), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (former German Minister of Defence), Volker Ratzmann (DHL Group) and other high-level guests. Session lead & moderator:Julia Leininger (IDOS)

Event
Solution Talk: Reforming the global debt governance system: meaningful and viable policy solutions

Date & Time: Tuesday, 08 Oct. 2024, 14:00

Location: Börsensaal, Chamber of Commerce, Hamburg

Organizers: IDOS, Global Solutions Initiative (GSI),

Description: The international financial architecture needs a Global debt Governance system that acts swiftly and proactively to ensure that cases of debt distress do not lead to social and economic crises, but rather restore the investment process for sustainable growth. Related reforms would include improving coordination mechanisms and transparency in the G20 Common Framework extended to include MICs and better linked to sustainable longer-term development pathways in line with the SDGs and climate transition.  Part of this proposal is a new G20 Universal Code of Conduct under the Financial Stability Board.

Speakers: Kathrin Berensmann (IDOS) and Rémy Weber (GSI)

Event
Solution Talk: Fair Trade Compliance

Date & Time: Tuesday, 08 Oct. 2024, 17-17:45

Location: Merkur-Zimmer, Chamber of Commerce, 21109 Hamburg

Organizers: IDOS

Description: Supporting small-scale farmers amidst new regulatory landscapes requires innovative solutions. Exploring ways to balance compliance with human rights standards while maintaining access to European markets can help ensure their sustainability and success. What strategies can be implemented to harmonize regulatory adherence with robust support for these crucial agricultural players?

Speakers: Gunther Beger (UNIDO), Maness Nkatha (Farmers Union of Malawi), Johanna von Stechow (Tchibo), Minister Serigne Gueye Diop (Ministry for Industry and Trade, Senegal)

Moderator & session lead: Tilman Altenburg (IDOS)

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