The Danish School of Education (DPU) and the Climate Panel at Aarhus University will host a conference in relation to the COP15 conference.

The conference on 11 December 2009 will be the last of five conferences about the importance of involvements of stakeholders such as NGO?s, journalists, local policy-makers, business etc.

The aim of this 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

Programme

9.00 - 9.30
Registration incl. coffee and tea
 
9.30 - 9.45
Welcome
Søren Frandsen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Aarhus University

Introduction to the themes of the conference
Lars Qvortrup, Dean, DPU, Aarhus University
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9.45 - 10.30
Opening address 1:
Professor Mike Hulme: Why we disagree about climate change: Michael Hulme from the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia has recently written the book:  Why we disagree about climate change: Understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity.
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10.30 - 11.00
Presentation of The Danish Regional Centre of Expertise for Education for Sustainable Development.
Professor Jeppe Læssøe, The Danish School of Education
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Regional Centres of Expertise - Global Learning Spaces for Sustainable Development.
Bertel Haarder, Minister for Education and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Denmark

11.00 - 11.30
Break: Coffee and Tea
Press-conference  with Minister Bertel Haarder and professor Jeppe Læssøe

11:30 - 12:30
Part I: Climate change education as education for
sustainable development

Dean, Professor Lars Qvortrup, The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University:
Introduction on the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes (IALEI) and the joint project 'Climate Change and Education: The Response from Education.'

Dean, Professor Chris Husbands, Institute of Education, University of London: Climate Change and the need to re-think education
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Professor Jeppe Læssøe, The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University:
Recommendations and promising practices. Eight recommendation from IALEI to the policy decision makers and five examples of promising practices.
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12.30 - 13.30
Lunch in the hall

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

13.30 - 16.00
Part II: 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 from the New York Times

15.00 - 15.30
A political perspective
Professor Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University
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15.30 - 16.00
Panel discussion and closing remarks

16.00 - 17.00
Reception at the DPU, Aarhus University Hall.
Questions from journalists and the audience