2014 UNESCO–EGU–ESA GIFT Africa Workshop

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Wednesday, 26 February 2014

• Welcome
  

  Prof Thoko Mayekiso Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research & Engagement, NMMU

• Musical Introduction
  
• Greeting from UNESCO and EGU
  
• Introduction to the workshop
  

  Moctar Doucouré

• Importance of the Geologic perspective for understanding Climate Change
  

  Maarten de Wit

• The position of Southern Africa in Global Climate Change
  

  Guy Midgely

• Fossil Fuels are they just Dinosaurs? - Hands-on teaching practical
  

  Ian McKay

• A space perspective on Climate Change
  

  Michel Verstraete

Thursday, 27 February 2014

• How does climate change affect me?
  

  Carl Palmer

• Agriculture
  

  Bernard Seguin

• Water
  

  Roland Schulze

• Educational programmes at the European Geosciences Union
  

  Carlo Laj

• An introduction to UNESCO programmes
  

  Sarah Gaines

• 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

• ACCESS Habitable Planet workshop game – The World Challenge Game
  

  Carl Palmer

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