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INTERNATIONAL

YOUTH CLIMATE WEEKIN WOLFSBURG

22.- 30. APRIL 2012

PATHWAYSTO

SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT

YOUTHINACTION

CAMPAIGNSFORCHANGE

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SUNDAY 22 APRILARRIVAL DAY

MONDAY 23 APRIL7.00 8.00 Breakfast9.00 10.30 Conference opening and presen-tations

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTS

10.30 11.15 The Global impact of climatechange which regions are affected most?(Prof Hartmut Grassl / Climate Scientist, MaxPlanck Institute for Meteorology)

11.15 12.00Climate change and its impact

on social, health and justice issues(Tilman Santarius / Head of the InternationalClimate and Energy Policy at the Heinrich BllFoundation and member of the board of German-watch)

12.00 12.30 Questions and discussion

12.30 13.15 Group session with speakers13.15 13.45 Plenary session: presentation ofresults

13.45 14.45 Lunch

INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY AND

ECONOMICS15.00 -15.45 International climate policy andclimate negotiations: an NGOs point of view(Dr Manfred Treber / Senior Advisor for Climate

and Transport, Germanwatch)15.45 16.30 The roadmap to Rio+20 andmodels for a green economy Justice in afinite world? (Dr Thomas Fatheuer / freelanceauthor and adviser, former Director of the Hein-

rich Bll Foundations Brazil regional office)16.30 17.00 Questions and discussion17.00 17.45 Group session with speakers17.45 18.15 Plenary session: presentation ofresults

followed by dinner

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TUESDAY 24 APRIL6.30 7.30 Breakfast8.15 8.30 Looking back, looking forward;

admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / ProjectLeader)

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY USE8.30 9.15 Renewable Energy for everyone:General Overview and Challenge to Energy

Economics(Sebastian Gallehr / Gallehr Sustainable Risk Man-agement GmbH and CEO of e5, European BusinessCouncil for Sustainable Energy)


9.30 9.45 Shaping the change in energy policy:what action do local businesses need to take onthe ground? (Barbara Schroeder / Energy Systemsand Energy Services, German Energy Agency (Dena))

9.45 10.00 The consumer and energy saving:

what can we do as individuals?(Barbara Schroeder / Energy Systems and EnergyServices, German Energy Agency (Dena))

10.00 10.30Questions and discussion10.30 11.30 Group session with speakers11.30 12.00 Plenary session: presentation of results

12.00 13.00 Lunch

13.00 13.30 Global energy: current trends andthe future (Dr Frank Umbach / Associate Director,European Centre for Energy and Resource Security)

13.30 13.45 Questions and discussion13.45 14.30 Group session with speakers14.30 15.00 Plenary session: presentation of results

15.00 15.30 Break

15.30 16.15The sun wont charge us. New

Energy - New Jobs - New Mobility (Dr Franz Alt,journalist and author of www.sonnenseite.com)16.15 16.30 Questions and discussion16.30 17.30 Group session with speakers17.30 18.00 Plenary session: presentation of results

followed by dinner

WORKSHOPPANEL08.30

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WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL6.30 7.30 Breakfast8.15 8.30 Looking back, looking forward;

admin announcements (Helmut Spiering / Pro-ject Leader)

8.30 9.15 Keypoints of Sustainable Con-sumption: Going big with big matters(Dr. Michael Bilharz / Federal Environment Agency

(UBA))9.15 10.00 Group session with speakers10.00 10.30 Plenary session: presentation ofresults

10.30 10.50 The Autostadt visitor attraction:

a sustainable experience(Anne-Kathrin Winkler-Hanns / orchestration inThe Autostadt, Autostadt Wolfsburg)

11.30 16.00 Workshops: Using new media tocommunicate sustainability;Coffee on the move: the connection betweenconsumption and global trade

Blowing in the wind: aerodynamics and re-source use /

Visit to Level Green: the Concept of Sustain-

ability (permanent exhibition) / E-Golf testdrives

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

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: POSSIBILITIESAND GOALS16.00 16.45 Electric cars, intelligent trans-port systems and less congestion sufficientfor sustainable mobility? (Thilo Becker / Mo-

bility Ecology Specialist, Dresden University ofTechnology)

16.45 17.30Solutions for sustainable mo-bility in cities (Dr Werner Reh / Head of TransportPolicy, Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND))


followed by dinner

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THURSDAY 26 APRIL6.30 7.30 Breakfast8.15 8.30Looking back, looking forward;

admin announcements(Helmut Spiering / Project Leader)

TENSIONS IN TRANSPORT: ECOLOGY

VERSUS ECONOMICS VOLKSWAGEN

AG AS A CASE STUDY

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

9.30 11.30Visit to Volkswagen departments

12.00 13.00 Lunch13.00 14.00 Group session with speakers14.00 15.00 Plenary session: presentation ofresults

15.00 16.00 Activity break

16.00 17.00Copenhagenize the Danish way -a lecture about modern urban development(Klaus Bondam / Former Mayor of the Technicaland Environmental Administration in Copenhagen,Director of the Danish Cultural Institute)

17.00 17.45 Group session with speaker17.45 18.15 Plenary session: presentation ofresults

followed by dinner

INFORMATION:

WWW.YOUTHINKGREEN.ORG


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FRIDAY 27 APRIL6.30 7.30 Breakfast8.15 9.30 Looking back, looking forward;

admin announcements(Helmut Spiering / Project Leader)

9.30 11.00PANEL DISCUSSION:

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

TARGETS, MEASURES, AND STRATEGIES

Dr Susanne Bhler-BaedekerWuppertal Institute, Co-director, Research Groupon Energy, Transport and Climate Policy, Wupper-tal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Prof Dr Jrgen LeoholdHead of Volkswagen Group Research, Volkswagen

AG Joachim KettnerHead of Environment Centre, Deutsche Bahn AG Gerd LottsiepenMobility policy spokesperson propulsiontechnologies,emissions, and climate, GermanTransport Club (VCD) Dr Manfred TreberSenior Advisor for Climate and Transport, Ger-manwatch Chair: Vera LehmannInternational Understanding, Stiftung Mercator

11.00 12.00Round table discussion withexpert panel

12.00 13.00 Lunch

13.00 14.00 PRESS CONFERENCE(participants include: YOUTHinkgreen climateambassadors, Ms Christina Figueres / UNFCCCExecutive Secretary (live video link), Connie He-degaard / European Commissioner for ClimateAction (videomessage) and Dr Stefan Birkner /Minister for Environment, Energy and ClimateProtection of Lower Saxony)


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CORNERSTONES OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY STRATEGY14.00 17.00 Group session with mobilityexperts

17.00 17.30 Break

17.30 18.00 Plenary session: presentationof results

followed by dinner

SATURDAY 28 APRIL9.00 10.00 Breakfast

11.00 13.00YOUTHinkgreen community action:

Delegates take to the streets of Hanover andWolfsburg as climate ambassadors and agents ofsustainable development

13.00 14.00 Lunch

14.00 15.30Groups evaluate their experience of

International Youth Climate Week15.30 17.00Closing plenary

followed by dinner

SUNDAY 29 APRIL8.30 9.30 Breakfast10.00 13.00 Forest trip and guided nature trailwith the Nature and Biodiversity ConservationUnion (NABU)

13.45 14.45 Lunch19.00 20.00 Dinner

MONDAY 30 APRILDeparture day

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THE PARTICIPANTS: Nearly 200 young buddingYOUTHinkgreen climate ambassadors and their groupleaders from Egypt, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Germany,India, Italy, Namibia, Peru and Turkey.

AIMS: To build up common knowledge and shared expe-rience; to get to know each other; to exchange informa-tion; to talk to representatives from civil society, science,and the economy; to develop local sustainability projectsfurther; to design practical sustainable mobility solu-

tions; to link up via our website(www.youthinkgreen.org); in short: to lay the foundationsfor a global climate action network!

KEY AREAS OF DISCUSSION: Global climate change andits consequences; international climate and environ-

mental policy; sustainable development; sustainable useof energy and natural resources; Sustainable mobility isa further crucial topic; The young delegates will acquirea thorough and practical insight into the work of Eu-ropes largest car manufacturer, Volkswagen AG; Theywill engage the company in critical and constructive

dialogue.

TYPES OF SESSION: Expert presentations (followed byquestions, discussion, and group work sessions with thespeakers to allow the topic to be explored further); roundtable discussions and panel sessions; workshop panelson project management, press and public relations, andblogging; scriptwriting sessions for creating sustain-ability ads.

LOCATION: Pavillon Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, Auto-stadt 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 ofsimultaneous and liaison interpreters (German-English)

will be available.

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