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ESPERE. How to raise public awareness of climate science?. Help the Citizens in their local environment to understand the climate system. Idea. in its global extension in its temporal development over decades and centuries in its allover complexity as a system concerning all of us.
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ESPERE How to raise public awareness of climate science?
Help the Citizens in their local environment to understand the climate system ... Idea in its global extension in its temporal developmentover decades and centuries in its allover complexity as a system concerningall of us
made available in 7 languages ESPERE-ENC is a climate information Network ESPERE-ENC
ESPERE pilot project ‚Water‘ Velbert Comprehensive School complemented by teaching material for concrete practise The product will be: a climate encyclopaedia in the Internet for background texts ESPERE-ENC first pages of the ESPERE-ENC climate encyclopaedia
Tropospheric processes Stratospheric processes Weather and Dynamics Aerosols and Clouds Urban Climate and Emissions Oceanography Agriculture and Food Supply Human Impact and Mitigation Sun and Ice; Modelling ESPERE-ENC Thematic fields of the Climate Encyclopaedia
Interactive tools will enable teachers and pupils Interactivity & Communication • to ask questions • to evaluate the provided material • - to make suggestions for improvements
ESPERE-ENC is funded as Thematic Network from 01.01.2003 to 31.12.2004 from the Raising Public Awareness Programme of the European Commission An important aspect of the Network is to bring together external resources. Thematic Network
Founding of an ESPERE Association on Education and Outreach Efforts Co-operation with other scientific and educational organisations and initiatives Initiation of national branches of the Network in numerous countries Establishment of a long-term quality assurance and updating system Extension of the Network for a wider public Visions
Thank you for your attention! Discussion