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The Great Debate,
RCE North East and
North East Centre for Lifelong
Learning present
Getting Real About Climate Change
A day of debate and film-making on the theme of
Development, Sustainability and Environment
Sponsored by
Economic and Social Research Council,
Newcastle Science Festival
and Newcastle University
9:30am, Saturday, 20th March 2010
Herschel Building,
Newcastle University
Location Map
One day workshop organised by
The Great Debate and
North East Centre for Lifelong
Learning in partnership with
RCE North East
on the theme of
how humanity should respond to climate change.
This exciting day included active debates open to all and a
documentary-making workshop,
Capturing Reality,
for young people with a thirst for cutting edge documentaries.
Getting Real About Climate Change encouraged
participants to take a critical look at the
current discussions, examining the feasibility of geoengineering,
reflecting on the effects climate change may have on
food and water security and on energy generation,
and contribute to a video of the day's proceedings.
Our young participants had the opportunity
to gain hands-on experience in film-making, working both
behind and in front of the camera.
The scientific consensus today is that the world we live in
is experiencing a global increase in temperature that could
cause problems for humanity. Water, food and energy have
become major issues in the developed and developing world.
So, how should we respond to these changes? Should we go for
large-scale development to offset the problems associated with
climate change? If global warming is man-made then should we
try to control the climate through intentional manipulation
the geoengineering approach being proposed by some scientists?
Or should we all cut back on our use of resources as many
environmental campaigners suggest?
This workshop
interrogated these big questions facing humanity through
three debates:
Food and Water Security
Geoengineering: Pipe Dream or Reality?, and
The Future of Energy.
Speakers include
Tony Allan,
Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2008, founder of
London University's Water Issues Group;
Greg
Bankoff, environmental historian, University of Hull,
Jennie Barron,
research fellow in water management at
Stockholm Environment Institute;
Julia Brown,
lecturer in Environmental Policy, Planning and Management,
University of Portsmouth;
Ben Campbell,
social anthropologist, Durham University;
Steve Caseley,
Director of Distributed Energy,
New and Renewable Energy Centre;
Tim Foxon,
academic research fellow at
Sustainability Research Institute, Leeds;
Joanna Haigh,
professor of atmospheric physics, Imperial College, contributor to
the recent Royal Society report,
Geoengineering the climate;
Phil Macnaghten,
founding Director of Institute
of Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University;
Lyn Miles,
Chief Executive Officer of Romag Holdings plc;
Rob Williams,
Renewables Projects Director, Banks Developments.
Part of the North East
Education for Sustainable Development initiative
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