2014 UNESCO–EGU–ESA GIFT Africa Workshop

Please see the full brochure (PDF document, 5.9 MB) for more details.

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

• Welcome
  

  Prof Thoko Mayekiso
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research & Engagement, NMMU
• Musical Introduction
  
  • Presentation (M4V, 54.7 MB)
• Greeting from UNESCO and EGU
  
• Introduction to the workshop
  

  Moctar Doucouré
• Importance of the Geologic perspective for understanding Climate Change
  

  Maarten de Wit

  • Presentation (PDF document, 14.0 MB)
• The position of Southern Africa in Global Climate Change
  

  Guy Midgely

  • Presentation (PDF document, 4.4 MB)
• A space perspective on Climate Change
  

  Michel Verstraete

  • Presentation (PDF document, 4.9 MB)
• Fossil Fuels are they just Dinosaurs? - Hands-on teaching practical
  

  Ian McKay

  • Presentation (PDF document, 7.6 MB)
  • Presentation (M4V, 196.5 MB)

Thursday, 27 February 2014

• How does climate change affect me?
  

  Carl Palmer

  • Presentation (PDF document, 3.0 MB)
• Agriculture
  

  Bernard Seguin

  • Presentation (PDF document, 7.3 MB)
• Water
  

  Roland Schulze

  • Presentation (PDF document, 26.2 MB)
• Educational programmes at the European Geosciences Union
  

  Carlo Laj

  • Presentation (PDF document, 3.6 MB)
• An introduction to UNESCO programmes
  

  Sarah Gaines

  • Presentation (PDF document, 5.4 MB)
• Ocean changes – acidification and sea level rise
  

  Jean-Pierre Gattuso
• Hands-on teaching practical
  

  Sally Soria Dengg

Friday, 28 February 2014

• SA approaches to teaching about climate change
  

  Rob O Donoghue

  • Presentation (PDF document, 2.7 MB)
• ACCESS Habitable Planet workshop game – The World Challenge Game
  

  Carl Palmer

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