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Acting in the framework of climate change Stakeholder orientated risk-communication based on uncertain knowledge The aim of this social action research project is to raise the stakeholder consciousness for the climate change in the river Weser basin area. The effects of climate change will be communicated directly to the groups of farmers, tourism industry and city-planners. For this purpose communication tools for climate change adaptation in the form of stakeholder approaches are being promoted. The stakeholders’ subjective knowledge needs to be recognised and combined with the scientific results of climate change. In the focus of this sort of risk-communication are social science methods with which barriers can be overcome and acceptance can be gained. The results will be used in a one-year process of dissemination to gather experiences in the transfer of education conditions and methods. In this phase modern forms of communication and multimedia products have to be developed to reach the general public. The research process will be evaluated by an external board of experts, who will work with the online-communication-tool „iDelphi©“ that has been produced by the Sustainability Center Bremen. The research project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany and partly by the regional climate change agency, the Bremer Energie-Konsens GmbH.
Project partners: Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit (ARTEC) an der Universität Bremen Research Centre for Sustainable Studies, University of Bremen Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft (IAW) an der Universität Bremen Institute Labour and Economy, University of Bremen Institut für Ökologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Universität Bremen Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bremen Dr. Horst Rode: Insitut für Umweltkommunikation an der Universität Lüneburg Dr. Horst Rode, Institute of Environmental Communication, University of Lüneburg
Co-ordination SCB – Sustainability Center Bremen Jakobistr. 20 28195 Bremen Tel.: 0421 / 23 00 11 0 Fax.: 0421 / 23 00 11 18 Email: info@klimawandel-unterweser.de Co-ordination: Andreas Lieberum Social science: Dr. Fritz Heidorn