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Programme
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CLIMATE WEEK IN WOLFSBURG 22.- 30. APRIL 2012

SUNDAY 22 APRIL
ARRIVAL DAY

MONDAY 23 APRIL

7.00 8.00 Breakfast 9.00 10.30 Conference opening and presentations 10.30 11.15 The Global impact of climate change which regions are affected most?
(Prof Hartmut Grassl / Climate Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)

11.15 12.00 Climate change and its impact on social, health and justice issues

(Tilman Santarius / Head of the International Climate and Energy Policy at the Heinrich Bll Foundation and member of the board of Germanwatch) 12.00 12.30 Questions and discussion 12.30 13.15 Group session with speakers 13.15 13.45 Plenary session: presentation of results

13.45 14.45 Lunch

15.00 -15.45 International climate policy and climate negotiations: an NGOs point of view
(Dr Manfred Treber / Senior Advisor for Climate and Transport, Germanwatch)

INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY AND ECONOMICS

author and adviser, former Director of the Heinrich Bll Foundations Brazil regional ofce) 16.30 17.00 Questions and discussion 17.00 17.45 Group session with speakers 17.45 18.15 Plenary session: presentation of results followed by dinner

15.45 16.30 The roadmap to Rio+20 and models for a green economy Justice in a nite world? (Dr Thomas Fatheuer / freelance

WORKSHOP PANEL 10.30

18.15

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS

TUESDAY 24 APRIL
Leader)

6.30 7.30 Breakfast 8.15 8.30 Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Project

(Sebastian Gallehr / Gallehr Sustainable Risk Management GmbH and CEO of e5, European Business Council for Sustainable Energy) 9.15 9.30 Questions and discussion

and Energy Services, German Energy Agency (Dena))

9.30 9.45 Shaping the change in energy policy: what action do local businesses need to take on the ground? (Barbara Schroeder / Energy Systems 9.45 10.00 The consumer and energy saving: what can we do as individuals?

(Barbara Schroeder / Energy Systems and Energy Services, German Energy Agency (Dena)) 10.00 10.30 Questions and discussion 10.30 11.30 Group session with speakers 11.30 12.00 Plenary session: presentation of results

12.00 13.00 Lunch 13.00 13.30 Global energy: current trends and the future (Dr Frank Umbach / Associate Director,

European Centre for Energy and Resource Security) 13.30 13.45 Questions and discussion 13.45 14.30 Group session with speakers 14.30 15.00 Plenary session: presentation of results

15.00 15.30 Break 15.30 16.15 The sun wont charge us. New Energy - New Jobs - New Mobility (Dr Franz Alt, 16.15 16.30 Questions and discussion 16.30 17.30 Group session with speakers 17.30 18.00 Plenary session: presentation of results
followed by dinner journalist and author of www.sonnenseite.com)

WORKSHOP PANEL 08.30

8.30 9.15 Renewable Energy for everyone: General Overview and Challenge to Energy Economics

18.00

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY USE

WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
ject Leader)

6.30 7.30 Breakfast 8.15 8.30 Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Pro8.30 9.15 Keypoints of Sustainable Consumption: Going big with big matters

10.30 10.50 The Autostadt visitor attraction: a sustainable experience

(Anne-Kathrin Winkler-Hanns / orchestration in The Autostadt, Autostadt Wolfsburg)

11.30 16.00 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

bility Ecology Specialist, Dresden University of Technology)

16.00 16.45 Electric cars, intelligent transport systems and less congestion sufcient for sustainable mobility? (Thilo Becker / Mo-

Policy, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND)) 17.30 18.00 Questions and discussion followed by dinner

16.45 17.30 Solutions for sustainable mobility in cities (Dr Werner Reh / Head of Transport

WORKSHOP PANEL 16.00

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: POSSIBILITIES AND GOALS

18.00

12.30 13.30 Lunch (Group 2) 13.00 14.00 Lunch (Group 1)

WORKSHOP PANEL 08.30

(Dr. Michael Bilharz / Federal Environment Agency (UBA)) 9.15 10.00 Group session with speakers 10.00 10.30 Plenary session: presentation of results

10.30

THURSDAY 26 APRIL
(Helmut Spiering / Project Leader)

6.30 7.30 Breakfast 8.15 8.30 Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements

8.30 - 9.00 Preparation for Volkswagen visit: input and assigning tasks (Dr. Marko Gernuks /
Volkswagen AG)

TENSIONS IN TRANSPORT: ECOLOGY VERSUS ECONOMICS VOLKSWAGEN AG AS A CASE STUDY

9.30 11.30 Visit to Volkswagen departments 12.00 13.00 Lunch 13.00 14.00 Group session with speakers 14.00 15.00 Plenary session: presentation of 15.00 16.00 Activity break 16.00 17.00 Copenhagenize the Danish way a lecture about modern urban development

results

(Klaus Bondam / Former Mayor of the Technical and Environmental Administration in Copenhagen, Director of the Danish Cultural Institute) 17.00 17.45 Group session with speaker 17.45 18.15 Plenary session: presentation of results followed by dinner

INFORMATION:

WWW.YOUTHINKGREEN.ORG

FRIDAY 27 APRIL

6.30 7.30 Breakfast 8.15 9.30 Looking back, looking forward; admin announcements
(Helmut Spiering / Project Leader)

9.30 11.00 PANEL DISCUSSION:

Dr Susanne Bhler-Baedeker Wuppertal Institute, Co-director, Research Group on Energy, Transport and Climate Policy, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Prof Dr Jrgen 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

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY TARGETS, MEASURES, AND STRATEGIES

11.00 12.00 Round table discussion with expert panel 12.00 13.00 Lunch 13.00 14.00 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)

experts

14.00 17.00 Group session with mobility 17.00 17.30 Break

of results

17.30 18.00 Plenary session: presentation

followed by dinner

SATURDAY 28 APRIL

9.00 10.00 Breakfast 11.00 13.00 YOUTHinkgreen community action: Delegates take to the streets of Hanover and Wolfsburg as climate ambassadors and agents of sustainable development 13.00 14.00 Lunch 14.00 15.30 Groups evaluate their experience of International Youth Climate Week 15.30 17.00 Closing plenary
followed by dinner

SUNDAY 29 APRIL
8.30 9.30 Breakfast 10.00 13.00 Forest trip and guided nature trail with the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) 13.45 14.45 Lunch 19.00 20.00 Dinner

MONDAY 30 APRIL
Departure day
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WORKSHOP PANEL 14.00 17.30

CORNERSTONES OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY STRATEGY

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 (www.youthinkgreen.org); 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 Europes 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, Stadtbrcke, 38440 Wolfsburg. Website: www.autostadt.de. 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.
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