On September 1-2, 2022, co-hosted by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), organized by Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development (IESD) of SASS, the 7th Forum on Green Development: Sustainable Building and Urban Low-carbon Life was held in Shanghai. Combining both online and offline manners, Chinese and German experts and scholars discussed about emission peak and carbon neutrality in the construction sector, paradigm transition in the entire life cycle of buildings, user behavior and society-wide participation in building decarbonization, as well as the overall planning for green eco-city construction in echo with environmental, economic, social and cultural goals.
Wang Dezhong, President of SASS, attended the forum and delivered an opening speech. Zhu Guohong, Vice President of SASS, chaired the opening ceremony. René Bormann, Chief Representative of Shanghai Representative Office of FES delivered a keynote speech. More than 30 experts and scholars attended the forum and exchanged views, including Xu Qiang, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences, Dr. Olaf Böttcher, Federal Energy Commissioner of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Manfred Rauschen, Executive Partner of North Rhine-Westphalia Ecology Center, Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow, Director of Institute for Sustainable Urbanism in Technical University of Braunschweig, Bernhard Müller, Secretary General of Urban Forum of Egon-Matzner Institute for Urban Research, Arnt von Bodelschwingh, Founder of RegioKontext Economic Consulting Firm, and other guests from Shanghai Green Building Council, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Tongji University and IESD, SASS.
Xu Qiang, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences delivered a thematic speech. Cheng Jin, Head of the Natural Resources and Eco-City Research Lab, IESD, SASS, and Zhang Wenbo, Doctor of IESD, SASS, respectively chaired the panel discussions and exchanged views. Liu Xinyu, Head of the Energy Economy and Low-Carbon Development Research Lab, IESD, SASS, delivered a thematic speech. Yu Hongyuan, Professor of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, Li Shenhao, Executive Director of Green Building Counsil, and Chen Ning, Head of the Circular Economy and Green Development Research Lab, IESD, SASS, shared their thoughts.
René Bormann, Chief Representative of Shanghai Representative Office of FES, and Cheng Fucai, Director of SASS Office of International Cooperation respectively delivered closing speeches. Zhou Fengqi, Director of IESD, SASS, chaired the panel discussions.
