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The effects of climate change were discussed at the last of the “Munich 2030” dialogue forums on 15 April 2008, one of the issues raised being the outlook for wine growers in Munich.
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Learning is a lifelong process, in the opinion of the audience of over 100 which attended the fourth “Munich 2030” dialogue forum on 11 March 2008.
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No one is indifferent to poverty, even in a city like Munich, but merely defining poverty gave rise to controversy in the debate on 21 February.
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On January 22 about 130 interested citizens informed themselves about the demographic trends in Munich.
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The inaugural event launching the third series of dialogue forums on 7 November attracted keen attention. An audience of almost 140 listened attentively to ideas on city life in 2030 proposed by Munich’s Lord Mayor Ude and the futurologist Dr. Steinmüller.
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The forthcoming 2007/2008 dialogue forums will be the third series of discussions with the aim of increasing public awareness. The foundation intends to position the dialogue forums as a “local brand”, establishing itself as an active partner in the debate on “people at risk” in Munich.
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The fifth and last debate in the 2006 series of dialogue forums focused not on the risks themselves but on our attitude towards them.
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A more appropriate title for the fourth dialogue forum might well have been “Thinking the unthinkable”. The discussion centred not on epidemics, diseases confined to a given geographical area, but on pandemics, which strike on a global scale.
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Between 24 and 32 million people in Germany suffer from allergies. Every year, 3,000 people die from the effects of asthma. Distinguished allergists responded to questions posed by sufferers.
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The second dialogue forum addressed a current hot topic – fine dust.The WHO’s new guidelines and the EU Parliament’s latest proposals triggered a heated discussion.
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The first dialogue forum of the series “The risks of living in Munich – Perceived and actual” comprised a discussion among citizens and experts about the real and imagined risks to which children and adolescents are exposed in the city.
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What risks are our children really exposed to by city life? Is fine dust making us ill? How do the media influence the way we perceive risks? Beginning in September 2006, a new series of dialogue forums will be examining these and other topical issues.
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Man-made climate change will have a tremendous impact on the water cycle and on water-related natural disasters. Four international experts presented their views on how climate change will impact water-related risks from the human, environmental and economic perspective.
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Identifying and classifying risks to which people are exposed, taking preventive measures, and making recommendations for coming to terms with these risks – these are tasks that concern both the Munich Re Foundation and the GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health.
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