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Can education change the climate? Conference December 11th 2009

By Professor Jeppe Læssøe, DPU, Aarhus University

Can education change the climate?
Overcoming the barriers to action by re-thinking education and communication in times of climate change.
Conference December 11th 2009 at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen

The Danish School of Education (DPU) and the Climate Panel at Aarhus University will host a conference in relation to the COP15 conference.
Click here to register for the conference (opens a new window)

The aim of the conference is to emphasize the importance of public involvement and education as well as the communication between experts and the public for the implementation of any climate policy.

As part of the conference eight recommendations for political action will be presented. They are informed by a cross-national research project on ‘Climate change and Sustainable Development: The response from education’ which has been initiated and conducted by the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes.

Programme:
9.00 – 9.30: Registration incl. coffee and tea

9.30 – 9.40: Welcome
Pro-vice-chancellor Søren Frandsen, Aarhus University

9.40 – 9.50: Introduction to the themes of the conference
Dean, Professor Lars Qvortrup, DPU, Aarhus University

9.50 – 10.50: Opening Address 1:
Climate change: The limits of science, the possibilities of deliberation

Professor Michael Hulme from the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia has recently written the book ‘Why we disagree about climatechange: Understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity’.

10.50 –11.15: Break: Coffee and tea

11.15 –12.30: Part 1: Climate change education as Education for Sustainable Development

Introduction on the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes (IALEI) and the joint project climate change and education: the response from education.
Dean, Professor Lars Qvortrup, DPU, Aarhus University

Climate change and the need to re-think education
Dean, Professor Chris Husbands, Institute of Education, University of London

Recommendations and promising practices. Eeight recommendations from IALEI to policy decision-makers and five examples of promising practices.
Professor Jeppe Læssøe, DPU, Aarhus University

Lunch

Press conference with Dean Lars Qvortrup, Dean Chris Husbands and Professor Jeppe Læssøe.

13.30 – 16.00: Part 2: Climate communication: A weapon in the fight against climate change?

13.30 – 14.30: Opening address 2:

Bill Mckibben, co-founder and director of www.350.org, co-founder of 'International Day of Climate Action'.

14.30 – 15.00: A journalistic perspective
Journalist Andrew Revkin, The New York Times

15.00 – 15.30: A political perspective
Professor Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University

15.30 -16.00: Panel discussion and closing remarks

16.00 -17.00: Reception

Click here to register for the conference (opens a new window)
Admission is free (registration needed).

Venue
The Danish School of Education, Tuborgvej 164, 2400 Copenhagen NV

Time
11. december 2009 kl. 09.00 - 17.00

Posted at 2009-11-20, 13:13 by Anders Raun in Generelt  |  Kommentarer[0]