PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT YOUTH IN ACTION CAMPAIGNS FOR CHANGE. Programme

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1 PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT YOUTH IN ACTION CAMPAIGNS FOR CHANGE Programme INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CLIMATE WEEK IN WOLFSBURG APRIL 2012

2 SUNDAY 22 APRIL ARRIVAL DAY MONDAY 23 APRIL Breakfast Conference opening and presentations CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS The Global impact of climate change which regions are affected most? (Prof Hartmut Grassl / Climate Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) Climate change and its impact on social, health and justice issues (Tilman Santarius / Head of the International Climate and Energy Policy at the Heinrich Böll Foundation and member of the board of Germanwatch) Questions and discussion Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of Lunch WORKSHOP-PANEL INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY AND ECONOMICS International climate policy and climate negotiations: an NGO s point of view (Dr Manfred Treber / Senior Advisor for Climate and Transport, Germanwatch) The roadmap to Rio+20 and models for a green economy Justice in a finite world? (Dr Thomas Fatheuer / freelance author and adviser, former Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation s Brazil regional office) Questions and discussion Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of

3 TUESDAY 24 APRIL Breakfast Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Project Leader) SUSTAINABLE ENERGY USE Renewable Energy for everyone: General Overview and Challenge to Energy Economics (Sebastian Gallehr / Gallehr Sustainable Risk Management GmbH and CEO of e5, European Business Council for Sustainable Energy) Questions and discussion Shaping the change in energy policy: what action do local businesses need to take on the ground? (Dr. Barbara Praetorius / Verband kommunale Unternehmen (VKU)) The consumer and energy saving: what can we do as individuals? (Barbara Schroeder / Energy Systems and Energy Services, German Energy Agency (Dena)) Questions and discussion Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of Lunch Global energy: current trends and the future (Dr Frank Umbach / Associate Director, European Centre for Energy and Resource Security) Questions and discussion Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of Break The sun won t charge us. New Energy - New Jobs - New Mobility (Dr Franz Alt, journalist and author of Questions and discussion Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of WORKSHOP-PANEL

4 WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL Breakfast Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Project Leader) Keypoints of Sustainable Consumption: Going big with big matters (Dr. Michael Bilharz / Federal Environment Agency (UBA)) Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of The Autostadt visitor attraction: a sustainable experience (Anne-Kathrin Winkler-Hanns / orchestration in The Autostadt, Autostadt Wolfsburg) Workshops: Using new media to communicate sustainability; Coffee on the move: the connection between consumption and global trade Blowing in the wind: aerodynamics and resource use / Visit to Level Green: the Concept of Sustainability (permanent exhibition) / E-Golf test drives Lunch (Group 2) Lunch (Group 1) SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS Electric cars, intelligent transport systems and less congestion sufficient for sustainable mobility? (Thilo Becker / Mobility Ecology Specialist, Dresden University of Technology) Solutions for sustainable mobility in cities (Dr Werner Reh / Head of Transport Policy, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)) Questions and discussion WORKSHOP-PANEL WORKSHOP-PANEL

5 THURSDAY 26 APRIL Breakfast Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Project Leader) TENSIONS IN TRANSPORT: ECOLOGY VERSUS ECONOMICS - VOLKSWAGEN AG AS A CASE STUDY Preparation for Volkswagen visit: input and assigning tasks (Dr. Marko Gernuks / Volkswagen AG) Visit to Volkswagen departments Lunch Group session with speakers Plenary session: presentation of Activity break Copenhagenize the Danish way - a lecture about modern urban development (Klaus Bondam / Former Mayor of the Technical and Environmental Administration in Copenhagen, Director of the Danish Cultural Institute) Group session with speaker Plenary session: presentation of INFORMATION:

6 FRIDAY 27 APRIL Breakfast Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Project Leader) PANEL DISCUSSION: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY - TARGETS, MEASURES, AND STRATEGIES Dr Susanne Böhler-Baedeker Wuppertal Institute, Co-director, Research Group on Energy, Transport and Climate Policy, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Prof Dr Jürgen Leohold Head of Volkswagen Group Research, Volkswagen AG Joachim Kettner Head of Environment Centre, Deutsche Bahn AG Gerd Lottsiepen Mobility policy spokesperson propulsion technologies,emissions, and climate, German Transport Club (VCD) Dr Manfred Treber Senior Advisor for Climate and Transport, Germanwatch Chair: Vera Lehmann International Understanding, Stiftung Mercator Round table discussion with expert panel Lunch PRESS CONFERENCE (participants include: YOUTHinkgreen climate ambassadors, Ms Christina Figueres / UNFCCC Executive Secretary (live video link), Connie Hedegaard / European Commissioner for Climate Action (videomessage) and Dr Stefan Birkner / Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony)

7 CORNERSTONES OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY STRATEGY Group session with mobility experts Break Plenary session: presentation of SATURDAY 28 APRIL Breakfast YOUTHinkgreen community action: Delegates take to the streets of Hanover and Wolfsburg as climate ambassadors and agents of sustainable development Lunch Groups evaluate their experience of International Youth Climate Week Closing plenary SUNDAY 29 APRIL Breakfast Forest trip and guided nature trail with the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) Lunch Dinner MONDAY 30 APRIL Departure day WORKSHOP-PANEL SPONSORS AND PARTNERS:

8 THE PARTICIPANTS: Nearly 200 young budding YOUTHinkgreen climate ambassadors and their group leaders from Egypt, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Germany, India, Italy, Namibia, Peru and Turkey. AIMS: To build up common knowledge and shared experience; to get to know each other; to exchange information; to talk to representatives from civil society, science, and the economy; to develop local sustainability projects further; to design practical sustainable mobility solutions; to link up via our website ( in short: to lay the foundations for a global climate action network! KEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION: Global climate change and its consequences; international climate and environmental policy; sustainable development; sustainable use of energy and natural resources; Sustainable mobility is a further crucial topic; The young delegates will acquire a thorough and practical insight into the work of Europe s largest car manufacturer, Volkswagen AG; They will engage the company in critical and constructive dialogue. TYPES OF SESSION: Expert presentations (followed by questions, discussion, and group work sessions with the speakers to allow the topic to be explored further); round table discussions and panel sessions; workshop panels on project management, press and public relations, and blogging; scriptwriting sessions for creating sustainability ads. LOCATION: Pavillon Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, Autostadt GmbH, Stadtbrücke, Wolfsburg. Website: LANGUAGES The language of the conference is English. Some presentations will be given in German. A team of simultaneous and liaison interpreters (German-English) will be available. SUPPORTED BY: