Heinz Sturm
Heinz J. Sturm is a system architect and analyst based in Bonn, Germany, working at the intersection of health systems sustainability, climate policy, energy systems and long-term resilience. He is the developer of the Bonn Climate Project and of Ars Medica Nova, a systemic framework linking water, food, energy and health as inte-grated foundations of societal stability.
His work focuses on analyzing the long-term economic unsustainability of interven-tion-driven health systems and on developing preventive, system-level concepts that support governments and institutions in making resilient and economically viable decisions. He has been active in advisory and project-development contexts, with a particular focus on the Levant, the Gulf region and North Africa
From Green Energy to Healthy Societies: Why old systems thinking is becoming relevant again
Across the Middle East and North Africa, large investments are being made in green hydrogen, renewable energy, water infrastructure and sustainability. Most of these efforts are discussed in the context of climate change, decarbonization and economic diversification. That framing is important, but it may not capture their full value.