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Parallel to the expert conference on "Climate Change: Meeting the Challenge Together", we organised a three day seminar for 25 young people from both UK and German schools. The students were between 16 and 19 years of age and were selected on account of their special interests in science. The UK students came from Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, the German students from Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony.
Their seminar was called "Climate Change: Our Future at stake" and was organised as a workshop during which participants had the opportunity to exchange and update their knowledge on climate change research and to discuss possibilities of new approaches for protective measures. Participants particularly focussed on the issue of how public awareness of climate change in both countries can be raised.
Supported by Ingolf Baur, presenter of the German science TV programme "Nano" (3Sat) they developed a news programme that showed the possible effects of climate change in the near future. Students had the chance to talk about their project to the Queen and the Chancellor and they presented their news show to the participants of the expert conference.
For preparation of the seminar, the students used an inter-active forum on "the voyage", the British-German youth portal sponsored by the British Council, the FCO, the German Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institute.
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