Beyond Kyoto: Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change - Science Meets Industry, Policy and Public

The challenges of climate change to sustainable development globally require creative thinking and holistic ideas, innovative solutions, and development of new technologies. Climate change also creates new opportunities.

The challenges can be used to break new ground in terms of research, products and politics. This can be achieved through innovative thinking, inventiveness, creativity, profitability, sustainability and alternative outlooks.

During this international climate conference (2-day conference followed by 1-day technical excursions to a selection of related private and public demonstration sites) you will have the opportunity to gain cutting edge knowledge, share and develop ideas and network with key players on the climate scene.

Denmark is very much at the forefront with regard to research, consumer and business behaviour as well as public policy aimed at limiting or adapting to the effects of climate change nationally and internationally.

Denmark will be hosting the UNFCCC-climate summit (COP15) later in 2009. The most important issue of COP 15 will be globally regulatory agreements that can join forces of the major economies in the world. The present agreement – The Kyoto-Protocol is expected to be replaced by a stronger commitment. The questions are at present which environmental, ethical, social, economic, and business considerations will determine the negotiations for the period after 2012 – and what global commitments can be achieved.

There is a need for innovative solutions, technology development and public participation, and need for cooperation across the variation of interests of the global society.

The conference in Aarhus on 5-7 March 2009 ‘Beyond Kyoto: Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change – Science Meets Industry, Policy and Public’ will focus on these questions in a multidisciplinary approach. More information here.