Communicating Climate Change and the Policy Process

Miranda A. Schreurs
Freie Universität Berlin

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1. Communicating Climate
   Change and the Policy
   Process
   Miranda A. Schreurs
   Freie Universität Berlin
   

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2. 20 Years of Climate Negotiations (Rio-
   Kyoto-Doha)
   

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3. Understanding the Science
   

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4. What does it mean?
   1850: 280 ppm
   1990: 350 ppm
   2012: 390 ppm
   2050: 450 ppm????
   

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5. Deutschlands Energiewende–
   

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8. Industrial Innovators
   Green Growth
   Green Jobs
   Recycling Society
   Renewables
   Energy Efficiency
   Low Carbon Cities
   

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10. Pioneers
    -100% Renewable Regions
    

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11. Bottrop Innovation City:
    Reduce CO2 Emissions by 50%
    from 2010 to 2020 in a city
    region of 70,000
    http://www.bottrop.de/microsite/ic/Projekte/index.php
    

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13. Science, Uncertainty,
    Technology, Excitement
    Smart Grids
    Storage systems
    Energy Plus Housing….
    

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14. Science, Technology, and Public Acceptance
    

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15. Science, Technology, and
    Public Acceptance
    

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16. Covenant of Mayors: 4,602
    mayors: 175.7 million residents
    The Covenant of Mayors, a
    European movement of local
    and regional authorities,
    voluntarily committing to
    increasing energy efficiency
    and use of renewable energy
    sources. Aim is to meet and
    exceed the European Union
    20% CO
    2
    reduction objective
    by 2020.
    

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17. Climate Science, Cities of the
    Future:
    European Green Capital
    Competition
    Stockholm, Sweden: 2010
    Hamburg, Germany: 2011
    Vitoria Gasteiz, Basque, Spain: 2012
    Nantes, France: 2013
    Copenhagen, Denmark: 2014
    

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