14th Environmental Dialogue – Sustainable living: Between ideal and reality
November 11th, 2025, 6pm - 8pm
Natural History Museum Vienna
What does it mean to live and act sustainably? What conditions are necessary for this? How can climate and environmental protection, global sustainability goals, and social responsibility be reconciled? And how can we ensure that decisions made to promote sustainability in one area do not inadvertently have negative consequences elsewhere?
In the next “Environmental Dialogue,” we will address precisely these questions and the tension between ideal and reality. Together with experts from science, administration, and business, we will examine the role that companies, organizations, and individuals play in the transformation to a sustainable society. A special focus will be on the social and ecological side effects of sustainability decisions.
Key Information
When: November 11, 2025, doors open at 5:30 p.m., start: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Upper Dome Hall, Natural History Museum Vienna, main entrance – Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Vienna
Event language: German
Program
Welcome
- Andreas Kroh – Vice CEO Science of the Natural History Museum Vienna
- Thilo Hofmann – Co-Director of the Environment and Climate Research Hub at the University of Vienna
Keynote speech “Paradoxes of the imperial mode of living”
- Ulrich Brand – Professor of International Politics at the University of Vienna
Panel discussion with audience participation
- Nikolaus Hautsch – Vice Rector for Infrastructure at the University of Vienna
- Ulrich Brand – Professor of International Politics at the University of Vienna
- Leonore Gewessler – Member of the National Council, former Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology
- Daniela Knieling – Managing Director of respACT
- Moderation: Marlene Nowotny, Science Editor, Ö1
