On 18 and 19 December 2010, the annual Albrecht Thaer Kolloquium, co-hosted by the Humboldt University Berlin and Heinrich Böll Foundation, brought together a group of international environmental scientists.
In a public keynote discussion entitled "Safe Landing: Reconfiguring Science, Democracy and the Economy in the Face of Environmental Complexity"
- Richard Norgaard (Berkeley)
- Konrad Ott (Greifswald)
- Imme Scholz (German Development Institute) and
- Fritz Reusswig (PIK Potsdam)
debated the imperative to adapt our political and economic systems to the unprecedented challenge of environmental and climate change."