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CBN-E
Annual Meeting 2008
Over 30 television weather presenters from across
the European Union met in Monte Carlo and Cannes on April 6-7
for the first annual meeting since the Climate Broadcasters
Network - Europe was formed.
Click to see more details about the:
Expert
presentations
The annual meeting provided a
welcome opportunity for
the participants to share their experience on communicating climate change and
discuss the latest developments
in this field with scientists and policy makers.
The topics included:
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Mitigating Climate Change: Options,
Potentials and Cost by Mr H. Holger Rogner, the IAEA; IPCC WG III
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Tipping elements of the climate
system: Ocean circulation, land ice
and monsoon by Mr Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Beyond Climate Change: Connections
in the Coupled Human-Environmental
Earth System by Mr Kevin J. Noone, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
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Greenhouse gas
emissions in Europe
- trends and
projections by Mr François Dejean, European Environment Agency
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EU and climate
change – policy
developments and the
international scene by Mr Nicholas Hanley, DG Environment of the European Commission
- Role of media in popularising science by Mr Eduard Punset, writer and Director of REDES, a program on Science in TVE (Television Española)
-
Tough Love in a Warm
Climate: Mixed and
Difficult Messages
in Climate
Communication by Mr Richard Black, the BBC
Conclusions and press release
In the final session, the participants agreed on a
summary of conclusions of the annual meeting and issued
a
statement to the press.
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