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“Climate Change means Cultural Change”

International scientists hold the first ever debate on the contribution of cultural studies to climate research


Essen, June 9, 2009 – The foreseeable consequences of dangerous climate change call for combined global efforts for climate protection – efforts that require great social, political and cultural changes. These aspects of climate protection will be discussed for the first time between scientists of various disciplines and international experts from the worlds of politics and business. The conference from June 8-10 in Essen (Germany) aims to consolidate the social debate on climate change and provide new incentives for scientific policy advice in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. The conference is hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (KWI) and Stiftung Mercator, in cooperation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

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„Klimawandel bedeutet Kulturwandel“

Internationale Wissenschaftler diskutieren erstmals den Beitrag der Kulturwissenschaften zur Klimaforschung


Essen, 9.6.2009 – Die absehbaren Folgen gefährlichen Klimawandels erfordern weltweite Anstrengungen zum Klimaschutz – Anstrengungen, die große soziale, politische und kulturelle Veränderungen voraussetzen. Über diese Aspekte des Klimaschutzes diskutieren erstmals Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Disziplinen mit internationalen Vertretern aus Politik und Wirtschaft. Die vom Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen (KWI) und der Stiftung Mercator in Kooperation mit dem Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) und dem Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie veranstaltete Konferenz vom 8. bis 10. Juni in Essen soll die gesellschaftliche Debatte über den Klimawandel zusammenführen und aus Sicht der wissenschaftlichen Politikberatung Impulse für die Kopenhagener Klimaverhandlungen im Dezember 2009 geben.

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Press Conference

The press conference took place at 13:00 h on Tuesday, June 9 at the Philhamonic Concert Hall (main venue). Registered members of the press only.

The speakers:
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (KWI),
Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, President, Stiftung Mercator,
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and
Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Head Berlin Office, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

Press Pictures

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From left to right: Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, President of the Stiftung Mercator,
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and
Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Head of the Berlin Office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

From left to right: Magdalena Schaeffer, responsible for Press Relations at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, President of the Stiftung Mercator,
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and
Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Head of the Berlin Office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

From left to right: Magdalena Schaeffer, responsible for Press Relations at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, President of the Stiftung Mercator,
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and
Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Head of the Berlin Office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

From left to right: Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber CBE, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK),
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Head of the Berlin Office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and
Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, President of the Stiftung Mercator.

 

Please direct further inquiries concerning press / media to:

Magdalena Schaeffer
Pressesprecherin / Press Relations
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (KWI)
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Christiane Reusch
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Stiftung Mercator
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