Lszl Slyom

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László Sólyom

• President of the Republic of Hungary

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Differences

• The political regime change introduced a
  well-known model
• Political institutions had to be altered ? a
  change in hardware

• There is no model we can copy in ecology
• There is no request of new institutions, but a
  new way of thinking ? a new software

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Parallels between political transition and
ecological crisis management

• Total, fundamental alteration of highly complex
  systems
• Crisis management in a peaceful manner
• Comprehensive transformation in a short time (in
  a single year Europe changed profoundly)

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Method of change

• absence of violence
• minimization of costs
• fundamental goals
• a road map
• Real transformation and not just to reform the
  old systems, through adaptations ad infinitum

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Active and conscious elite

• had to convince people to accept concepts such as
  protecting personal data and abolishing capital
  punishment

• will have to convince society to accept
  restrictions on consumption and other measures
  which will put an end to certain privileged
  situations

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Change has to concentrate on one key component

• Politics ?
• a new constitution,
• establishment of political parties
• free elections

• Climate change adaptation
• with win-win solutions affecting
• biodiversity,
• poverty,
• and migration

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The only hope are people themselves!