Klima-, Energi- og Bygningsudvalget 2013-14
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Programme for:
New Directions in Climate Change Governance
Closing Conference for CIDEA:
Citizen Driven Environmental Action
Time:
20th-21st October 2014
Venue:
Festauditoriet, Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg. University of Copenhagen.
On the theme:
While the role of local governments and local communities in systematic action on
sustainable development and climate change was recognized already with the
adoption of the Agenda 21 Convention at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 the current
phase in climate change governance seem to be characterized by a”reorientation
towards the local”. While this reorientation is spurred by the disappointment about the
outcomes of global climate negotiations especially after COP15 in Copenhagen, it is
also the result of new energies in local communities, and an increased determination
in many local governments and cities to act on the threat of climate change. This
development has meant the creation of new spaces where citizens and local
authorities meet to seek out solutions concerning climate change mitigation and
adaptation. These new ’collaborative arrangements’ represents new forms of
governance, and the purpose of this conference is to explore these ’arrangements’
from different perspectives. One perspective is that of citizen engagement: how and
why do citizens become engaged in action on climate change? What are the necessary
preconditions for citizen engagement in this area to initiate and stay alive? Another
perspective is that of local governments wanting to initiate or facilitate citizen action
on climate change: what policy instruments need to be developed, and how do they
work? How far can public authorities go in targeting peoples everyday lives, homes
and workplaces in order to make citizens ’do their share’? To what extent can the
development of a new ’green citizenship’ be a result of a voluntary process, and
where must/should public authorities intervene? These question relate to the third,
normative perspective: how should we evaluate these new form of governance from a
steering and a democratic point of view?
These questions will be discussed through a number of keynote presentations, and in
two parallel workshops: one focusing on citizen and community engagement, and the
other on local government organization and policies.
Finally, a number of municipalities at the forefront of climate change action in
Denmark, are presenting their newest ideas and initiatives in this area through an
exclusive event at the ”Dome of Visions” near the Royal Library in Copenhagen to
which all participants are invited.
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Schedule:
20 October
8.30 – 9.00.
9.00 – 9.15
9.15 – 10.00
Registration of participants. Light breakfast
Opening Speech
”Collaborative arrangements and climate change policies in Danish
municipalities – a governance perspective”
Professor Jens Hoff, Department of Political Science, UCPH,
Denmark, Leader of CIDEA project
Break. Coffee and tea, etc.
10.00-10.20
10.20-11. 05 “How to achieve environmental behavior change? Some lessons
learned from the CIDEA reswerach project”
Associate Professor Quentin Gausset, Department of Anthropology,
UCPH, member of the CIDEA team.
11.05 – 11.20 Break.
11.20 – 12.00 “The balance between climate change adaptation and mitigation – are
we doing the right thing?
Associate Professor Bjarne Westergaard Strobel, Department of Plant
and Environmental Science, UCPH, member of the CIDEA team.
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00
Transportation to Dome of Visions
13.30
Opening remarks by Casper Harboe, Director, Sharing Copenhagen.
13.45 – 14:00 “Introduction to the Dome of Visions”, Martin Manthorpe, Director
Strategy, Sales & Business Development, NCC Construction
Denmark.
Presentations by different municipalities
14.05 – 14:20 “Fantastic Føns Sustainable Village”, Morten Westergaard, Climate
Chief, municipality of Middelfart.
14.25 – 14:40 “New circular business models”, Line Thastum, Environmental
Coordinator, municipality of Herning.
14.45 – 15:00 “Citizen and Municipality Sharing Electric Cars”, Esther Juel Jepsen,
Environmental Advisor, municipality of Køge.
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14.45 – 15:00 “New ways of Bicycling”, Troels Andersen, Traffic planer,
municipality of Odense.
15:15 – 15:45 “Sharing Copenhagen” Lene Bjerg Kristensen, Project Manager,
municipality of Copenhagen.
15:50 Closing remarks by Casper Harboe, Director, Sharing Copenhagen.
16.00
Reception. Drinks, etc.
21 October
9.00 – 9.45
”Catalyzing Pathways to Decarbonization – can small scale initiatives
lead to broad transformative change?”
Professor Matthew Hoffman, Department of Political Science,
University of Toronto, Canada.
Break
9.45 – 10.00
10.00- 10.45 ”Urban innovation – low carbon, eco-city developments”
Xuemei Bai, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society,
ANU, Australia.
10.45 – 11.10 Break. Coffee, tea, etc.
11.20-12.00
”Assembling Climate Publics”,
Professor Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, UK.
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 17.00 Workshops
The format of the workshops are short (15 min.) problem-raising and provocative
presentations, leaving time for comments and group discussions.
Workshop A
New forms of organization and instruments in local climate policies
Moderator: Jens Hoff
Presentations:
“Conditions for emergence, stability and change in new organizations in the field of
citizens climate action” by Maria Josefina Figueroa, Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark.
“Vital Climate Politics: Biopolitics of Decarbonization” by Johannes Stripple,
University of Lund, Sweden
Presentation by Peter Poul Bjerregaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Workshop B
Citizen and community engagement in local climate policies
Moderator: Quentin Gausset
Presentations:
”How can technology create engagement – the case of major social challenges” by
Mette Wichmand, University of Roskilde & Christian Elling Scheele, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
“Energy renovations from a local perspective” by Lise Tjørring, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark.
”Centripetal and centrifugal trajectories of dialogue: how to engage citizens in a
transition process?” by Inger Lassen & Anne Grethe Pedersen, University of Aalborg,
Denmark.
Please register with Malaika Thomsen, MSc. Research Assistant
[email protected]
before 30
th
of September 2014.
Please send an e-mail noting the following:
Full Name
e-mail address
Phone
Organization
Participating both days? Yes/No
Participating one day, which? 20
th
/21
st
20
th
of October:
Do you need transportation from conference venue to The Dome of
Visions? Yes/No
21
st
of October:
Which workshop will you be participating in? A/B
Participation in the conference is free, but there is a ‘no show’ fee of D.kr. 500, - per
day.