Guest Blog: CLIMATE2020 – a free, worldwide online climate conference
Preparing For the Glasgow 2020 Climate Summit article 5
By, Caroline Paul
Kanjookaran (Email: communications@dl4sd.org)
Hello everyone, my name is Caroline
Paul Kanjookaran and I am currently working as the Communications Manager for
CLIMATE2020, a worldwide online climate conference aimed at integrating
mitigation and adaptation initiatives for a better management of climate change
and its impacts. CLIMATE2020 is organized by the Research and Transfer Centre
"Sustainability and Climate Change Management" of Hamburg University
of Applied Sciences (https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/about-us.html).
The event takes place from 23 – 30 March 2020 and participants can sign up for
free here: www.dl4sd.org
As a journalist who is training
to specialize in climate communications, I am very pleased to be able to handle
the communications aspect of this conference, ranging from drafting press
releases to identifying potential media opportunities to mentoring the first
cohort of CLIMATE2020 Global Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who are working
hard to combat climate change in their communities and who are helping us
spread the word about this conference across the world.
I am particularly loving the
free, open access format of this conference and also the fact that it is
climate-neutral as all CO2 emissions will be offset! Not only does the
CLIMATE2020 offer unrestricted, free access to high-quality scientific
articles, climate projects and online courses 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
the virtual event also offers a unique opportunity for worldwide dialogue and
exchange of ideas with scientists, experts from politics, business, education
and other spheres of the society! All this is just a mouse click away -
participants can easily log in via the Internet, whether in the office, at
school, at university, from home or on the move. One can register for free at
https://dl4sd.org/ to access the conference platform, take a brief look inside
and receive regular updates until the virtual doors of the conference finally
open on 23 March 2020.
The national patronage of
CLIMATE2020 is held by Dr Gerd Müller, Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation
and Development and the local patronage of the online conference is held by Dr
Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. As a
run up to the CLIMATE2020 Conference, the Research and Transfer Centre
"Sustainability and Climate Change Management" is launching a podcast
series, where experts from different sectors will be featured. The podcast
series can be accessed here: https://climatechats.podigee.io/archive
In particular, young scientists
from all over the world are offered an opportunity to present their own
research on a worldwide stage. The conference will also provide information on
numerous concrete projects and initiatives that are currently being
implemented, presenting good examples of global activities to protect the
climate. A separate section informs the participants about funding and
collaboration opportunities. Finally, a parallel program consisting of live
webinars and the dedicated podcast series “Climate Chats” is also part of this
unique virtual conference. By its comprehensive open access offer, this
conference therefore contributes to closing the knowledge gap in the fields of
climate protection (mitigation) and adaptation.
The CLIMATE2020 conference is
supported by: European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Hamburg Open Online University
(HOOU), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), Sahel and Sahara Observatory (IOSS), KlimaInvest Green
Concepts GmbH, Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA), Impact Human,
Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate
Centre, the greenwerk and Climate Advisory Network.
// Contact CLIMATE2020 Organizers:
Franziska Wolf, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences,
Research and Transfer Centre Sustainability and Climate Change Management,
Ulmenliet 20, D-21033 Hamburg/Germany, www.haw-hamburg.de/ftz-nk.html, franziska.wolf(at)haw-hamburg.de
// Media inquiries:
Please contact the CLIMATE2020 Team via social media
channels below or write an email to Caroline Paul Kanjookaran, Communications
Manager – CLIMATE2020 at communications@dl4sd.org:
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