Education and Participation on Climate Change II

In 2011-2013, UfU is continuing its work on the socio-ecological research project “Participation and Education on Climate Change”, which was launched in 2008, together with international partner organizations from six countries. The second part of the project will also focus on education and participation in the field of climate protection. The main activities in 2012 are a qualitative comparative study on education and youth participation in climate-related matters in different countries, the publication of the book “Climate Protection in Context” and the conference “Communication-Education-Participation. Successful Ways to Climate Protection”, which took place in Berlin on November 29 and 30, 2012. The study “Education and Participation in the Field of Climate Protection” analyzed and compared the situation of climate protection education and participation opportunities for citizens in the field of climate protection in six different countries. The study is based on a qualitative survey of experts from Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Austria, the Czech Republic and the USA. The results of the study have been published as a UfU paper. The international UfU conference “Communication, Education, Participation. Successful Ways to Climate Protection” took place on November 29 and 30 in Berlin. The speakers Prof. Dr. Felix Ekardt (Research Centre for Sustainability and Climate Policy), Dr. Fritz Reusswig (PIK), Dr. Angela Oels (University of Halle), Dr. Martin Rocholl (European Climate Foundation), Dr. Christine Katz Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Dr. René Zimmer and Malte Schmidthals (both UfU) gave interesting presentations on the role of communication, education and participation in climate protection. In addition, the approximately 60 participants had the opportunity to share their experiences and ideas in workshops with international participation in order to bring people closer to the importance of climate protection and motivate them to actively participate. In addition, the conference was streamed live so that it could also be followed by other interested parties around the world.