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British Council Zero Carbon City
Brandenburg Windfarm, Germany © Chien-Chi Chang/ Magnum
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The German National Government has implemented a range of policies to reduce CO2. emissions. The country has embraced the renewables revolution, particularly wind and solar power, with greater enthusiasm than any other. The 30 megawatt WKN wind farm at Zitz-Warchaw in Brandenburg is part of a massive investment which has spawned a new manufacturing industry and is making Germany the largest producer of renewable energy in Europe.

Global events calendar
ZeroCarbonCity events - Germany
contact

For more information about ZeroCarbonCity activities in Germany, please contact ursula.malhotra@britishcouncil.de

Please also check British Council Germany's website for further details.

exhibition tour

Dates: 28 April-31 May 2005
Venue: Leipzig University Library. Opening speech by Myles Allen, Oxford University

Dates: 19 July-5 August 2005
Venue: Freiburg/Baden-Württemberg Solar Info Center

Dates: 4 August-16 September 2005
Venue: Bonn Science centre
Format: Large NSEW exhibition

Dates: 5-13 October 2005
Venue: British Embassy, Berlin

Dates: 16 October-4 November 2005
Venue: Freiberg/Sachsen

Dates: 9-25 January 2005
Venue: VHS Düsseldorf

Dates: 26-29 January 2006
Venue: Düsseldorf, E.ON academy

Dates: 7 February-15 March 2006
Venue: München, Gasteig

Dates: 27 March-20 April 2006
Venue: Berlin, Urania

Dates: 2-26 May 2006
Venue: University of Hamburg, Centre for Navy and Atmospheric Science
The official opening took place on 2 May 2006 with a podium discussion entitled, 'The Reality of Climate Change – Views from the Economy, Research and Politics.'

Dates: 29 May-30 June 2006
Venue: BP Headquarters, Bochum

Dates: 31 August-10 September 2006
Venue: Essen, Zeche Zollverein
The opening event will take place on 31 August in the form of a podium discussion.

Dates: 12-25 September 2006
Venue: BP Headquarters, Bochum

Dates: 18 September-2 October 2006
Venue: Erfurt, ECE shopping centre
Event: The exhibition is being shown in co-operation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Thüringen

Dates: 28-30 September 2006
Venue: Energie Forum, Berlin
Event: The exhibition will be on display at the Kyoto plus Conference, in co-operation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin

city debates

City debates follow the model of Café Scientifique events and provide an informal, relaxed forum for discussion.

Date: 30 May 2005
Venue: Leipzig University Library
Event: 'Climate Change begins at home. What can be done individually?'
Speaker: Dr Dave Reay, University of Edinburg

Date: 23 November 2005
Venue: Berlin
Event: Café Scientifique in co-operation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Date: 23 February 2006
Venue: München, Gasteig
Event: 'Air quality - How clean is the air that we breathe?'
Speaker: Paul Monk

Date: 19 September 2006, 19:30-21:30
Venue: Mayersche Buchhandlung, Bochum

other zerocarboncity activities

Dates: 11 May 2005
Venue: Leipzig, University Library
Event: Special reading by Writer Maggie Gee

Dates: 12 May 2005
Venue: British Council, Berlin,
Event: Special reading by Writer Maggie Gee

Dates: 28 May 2005
Venue: Dortmund
Event: Jugend Forscht 2005 – special prize from the British Council for Johannes Kiefl

Dates: 16-17 June 2005
Venue: Freiberg, TU Bergakademie
Event: Hydrology and land use colloquium on regional climate change with the Freiberger Research centre 2005.

Date: 19-20 July 2005
Venue: Freiburg/Baden-Württemberg, Solar Info Centre
Event: Climate Change - What research can do for us! German - British seminar for young people in co-operation with the city Freiburg

Dates: 18 June-27 July 2005
Venue: Freiburg/Baden-Württemberg, Solar Info Centre
Event: Mobile solar workshop

Dates: 1 September-31 December 2005
Event: Online photo competition giving young people the opportunity to make their own observations about climate change and to present them photographically.

Date: 1 December 2005
Venue: Berlin Technical University
Event: Queen's Lecture 2005, 'Discovering Climate Change: From Tyndall to Hollywood'.
Speaker: Professor Mike Hulme, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich

Date: 2 May 2006
Venue: University of Hamburg, Centre for Navy and Atmospheric Science
Event: Panel discussion: ''The Reality of Climate Change – Views from the Economy, Research and Politics.'
Speakers: Dr Lutz von Meyerinck, BP; Professor Jochem Marotzke, Director of the MPI for Meteorology and Managing Director of the ZMAW; Professor Hans von Storch, Director of the Institute for Coastal Research in Kiel; Christian Maaß from the Hamburg Green Party; and Jörn Pagels from the municipality of Hamburg.

Date: 18 May 2006
Venue: University Hamburg, Centre for Navy and Atmospheric Science
Event: Workshop and debate

Dates: 1-2 September 2006, 17:45-20:00
Venue: Filmstudio Glückauf, Zeche Zollverein, Essen
Event: Climate change film weekend

Date: 21 September 2006, 14:00-18:00
Venue: BP Headquarters, Bochum
Event: English workshop and debate

Date: 28 September 2006, 16:00-22:30
Venue: Berlin, at the Energie Forum Berlin (Ostbahnhof)
Event: KYOTOplus conference

Date: 14 November 2006
Venue: Berlin, at the TU
Event: Queen’s Lecture 2006 by Lord Rees, President of the Royal Society

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