Ministry for the Future

With temperatures rising, geoengineering has been both condemned and hailed as a possible solution. By releasing aerosols into the atmosphere temperatures dropped. However, the deployment of these technologies has also ignited tensions between neighboring states, as phenomena like acid rain, floods, and droughts are increasingly attributed to human intervention in the atmosphere. In this episode, the "Ministry for the Future" undertakes the critical task of organizing an international conference on geoengineering. To lay the groundwork, Yram convenes a hearing at ETH Hönggerberg with prominent scientists and members of the Service Citoyen:ne: Prof. Thomas Stocker, climate physicists and key member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Prof. Claudia Mohr, head of the Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory at the Paul Scherrer Institute and a leading expert in aerosol chemistry; and Dr. Sandro Vattioni, a scientist at ETH specialized in the climatic impacts of stratospheric solar climate intervention. With them, the «Ministry for the Future» evaluates the opportunities, weighs the risks, and outlines steps toward a globally agreed-upon framework for action.


When February 14, 7 p.m. 
Where ETH Hönggerberg, meeting point at bus station (direction Triemli, Milchbuck) 
Duration Approx. 2h
Language English

With Prof. Thomas Stocker, Prof. Dr. Claudia Mohr and Dr. Sandro Vattioni

Concept Yael Borofsky, Georgia Drew, Charlotte Müller, Eneas N. Prawdzic, Julia Reichert, Sascha Ö. Soydan, Linus Truninger and Mario Wimmer 
Production Design Birke Beyer, Bettina Bessenyei, Juhee Han, Emily Hugger, Luca Ihns, Josephine Leicht, Ewa Wasilewska, Verena Zenker, and students of the HfG Karlsruhe (lead by Prof. Constanze Fischbeck) 
Dramaturgy Julia Reichert and Eneas N. Prawdzic (Proberaum Zukunft) 
Production Assistance Linus Truninger

A Cooperation between Collegium Helveticum, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, proberaum zukunft and Theater Neumarkt Zürich