Opening session

Eva Lindhé, Information Director, Ministry of Environment:

• Preparing for Sweden's EU Presidency, autumn 2009
• Read more about "An integrated climate and energy policy"
• Read more about priorities and meetings for the Ministry of the Environment during Sweden's EU presidency
  
  

Setting the Scene – General introduction 

Laurence Pollier, UNFCCC:

• Article 6 of UNFCCC & the New Delhi Work Programme – An overview

Kerstin Heikenfeldt, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency:

• Welcome to Sweden and Stockholm
• Watch Playing for Change – Song Around the World "Stand by Me" on Vimeo

Jessica Cederberg Wodmar, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency:

• About Sweden

Good practices at the international level

Coordinated response from the UN agencies on their work to enhance children and young people understanding and participation in climate change issues.

Laurence Pollier, UNFCCC:

• The importance of children and young people and the global framework for action on climate change

Leif Holmberg, Political Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Sweden, former chair of the CSD youth Caucus:

• CSD Youth Caucus & Major Groups system

Steen M. Andersen, Secretary General of UNICEF Denmark:

• Children’s Climate Forum Copenhagen 2009

Good practices to get the media to write about climate change

Jessica Henryson and Mattias Goldman, Westander Climate & Energy:

• Communicating climate change

David Paterson, UNFCCC:

Presentation and training on CC:iNet

Panel discussions on good practices

Presentation of case studies and national and regional experiences complemented by comments from panellists and followed by questions and answers session from the floor.

Panel A: Public awareness, communication and access to information on climate change issues

Arend Timmermans, strategic communication Advisor:

• Presentation of the Dutch public campaign: "The Dutch climb towards a better climate" 

Luc Dries, Communication Officer at the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and the Environment, Belgium:

• Presentation of the Belgium campaign: "Keep away from energy-guzzlers" 

Gotelind Alber, GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice:

• Gender sensitive awareness raising and communication: Women protect the climate – women demand climate protection 

Jessica Cederberg Wodmar, Swedish Environmental Protection:

• IPCC seminars

Panel B: Education, training and public participation

Jana Tesařová, Director of Centre Veronica Hoste(tín:

• Centre Veronica Hostětín – Model Projects of Sustainable Rural Development

Marc Voinnesson, Casino Group Quality - Project and Sustainable Initiatives Department Manager:

• Environmental labelling indicating the amount of CO2 emitted by a Casino at key stages of its life cycle

Gaetano Battistella, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research:

• Italian good practices on communicating climate change – Game simulation "Tell it to the dinosaurs"

Prof. Lev Karlin and Dr. Savelyev Leonid, Russian Federation:

• Education and training to enhance young people’s understanding and participation in climate change issues

Sara Nybäck, Globala gymnasiet, Sweden:

• Climate roleplay – learning for sustainable development? 

Marie Jaudet, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and House Planning, France:

• The Clim’City Game

Jeremy Wates, Secretary to the Aarhus Convention, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe:

• The Aarhus Convention as a tool for enhancing the role of the public in tackling climate change

Daniela Rey, UNITAR:

• Development of National Profiles to Assess Capacities for Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Area of Climate Change Governance 

Panel C: International and regional cooperation

Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director, WECF – Women in Europe for a Common Future:

• Regional cooperation with partners from 14 countries (EU, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia) on implementation, education and training and policy advocacy

Francisco Heras Hernández, Centro Nacional de Educación Ambiental 

Working groups

Three small-group parallel working sessions to develop options and strategies for strengthening and expanding these activities.

Working group A - Public awareness, communication and access to information. 

• Working group A presentation

Working group B - Education, training and public participation.

• Working group B presentation

Working group C - International and regional cooperation. 

• Working group C presentation

Outcomes and possible ways forward

This session should enable participants to identify key priorities as well as good practices for the implementation of Article 6 in the European and make recommendations on how to promote them.