{"id":19669,"date":"2025-03-06T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovation-salzburg.at\/salz21-2025-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:13:15","slug":"salz21-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovation-salzburg.at\/en\/salz21-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"salz21: Necessary Steps for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"45\">Knowledge Transfer at the Highest Level<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"362\">With eight main stage program highlights, ten side events, the startup and investment conference SALT\u2019N\u2019VENTURE, and over 100 renowned experts, a wide spectrum of knowledge and innovation was presented. The focus extended beyond the Salzburg region, addressing the global challenges and opportunities of our time.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"428\">Climate Protection: A Question of Economic Rationality<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"765\">One of the central topics was climate protection, which was impressively highlighted by Sigrid Stagl, a researcher in ecological economics and sustainability at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Scientist of the Year 2024. She made it clear: climate protection is not an ideological issue but an <strong>economic necessity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1388\">The most expensive option would be to do nothing. Conversely, achieving climate neutrality would be the most economically viable solution. Currently, $2 trillion is invested in climate protection worldwide, while $7 trillion flows into fossil fuels. To reach climate neutrality, $9 trillion would be needed\u2014 a redistribution that could be realized with political will. Particularly alarming is the scenario of global warming exceeding 3\u00b0C, leading to a so-called &#8220;Hot House World,&#8221; where staying outdoors for more than 30 minutes would be life-threatening. The message was clear: no climate protection is not an option.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1390\" data-end=\"1433\">Europe in a Global Value Conflict<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1638\">Wilhelm Sandrisser, an expert in security policy, shifted the focus to the value conflict Europe is facing. The key question: <strong>How do we want to live in the future?<\/strong> Two opposing worldviews are emerging:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1808\">\n<li data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1722\">A societal model based on human dignity, individual freedom, and human rights.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1723\" data-end=\"1808\">A model that demands subordination to an ideology or religion defined as &#8220;right.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"2147\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Especially in the digital age, Europe must defend the values of freedom and democracy. Sandrisser advocated for <strong>digital humanism<\/strong> as a guiding principle, emphasizing that the problem is not the technology itself, but its use and control. 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