Science & Education
Invitation to Participate: WSC-SD Official COP15 Side Event
About our Event The Bella Center may be closed, but that isn’t stopping us from hosting our UN-approved side event! Tomorrow, 18 December from 10:00-11:30am, the World Student Community for Sustainable Development will be hosting a side event in the “Meeting Room” at the Forum Conference Center (the location where the government of Denmark... »
Science in the news (Education for a better climate, Part II)
Education of citizens about climate change and the environment is vital for addressing our climate change conundrum, both for their political pulling power and personal practices which impact our environment. As in my previous entry, UNESCO has offered attention to this task, in addition to the many existent more localized programs in environmental education... »
Education for a better climate
“…International environmental institutions can’t make states do what they don’t want to do, but citizens can. It is increasingly clear that treaties rely not only on states for implementation but on citizen activism and national environmental leadership. …If citizens do not demand strong environmental policy from their own government, no number of treaties and... »
Science and politics at COP15: convergence still out of sight
Interview with Daniel Kammen, lead author of IPCC report section on Renewable Energies Noize from the Future works on Saturday too, to deliver you fresh, interesting and insightful pieces of news. This morning we met Daniel Kammen, leading author of the IPCC renewable energy policy report. Below you can also find the video of... »
Bright Green Conference: Steven Chu and Rajendra Pachauri
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu speaks on energy and climate change at the Bright Green Conference (photo credit Aaron Thom) Bright Green Conference I hope this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will continue the tradition of acting on climate change. - Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on... »
Hot and Cold: What awaits us?
What do scientists tell us of conditions lie ahead? This article explores what brings together the hot and cold of climate science. Read more about two major controversial theories on global climate change. »
Climate scoreboard
The Climate Scoreboard is a new, easily accessible tool for understanding and tracking the global climate change negotiations in real time. »
Climate science lost in translation
The article summarises one of the main points from World Climate Conference 3, that information from climate scientists is limited in its usefulness for those that need to use it. The disconnect between the providers and users of the information is a dangerous limitation to the ability to implement adaptation and mitigation effectively. »
WSC-SD at COP15
- Copenhagen, and After
- COP15 in retrospect, and our common future
- COP15 through an architect’s eye
- COP15. I am poor, young and ambitious.
- Not Done Yet
- Invitation to Participate: WSC-SD Official COP15 Side Event
- Science in the news (Education for a better climate, Part II)
- Students Come Together at the University of Copenhagen
- Education for a better climate
- Access Denied: UN Restrictions Grow