Environmental Transformations

Nathan Stewart is a Masters student at Sciences Po and a participant in the student simulation of the COP 21 talks that are taking place for real in December 2015. As part of the Ethiopian delegation, Nathan has been working with his group in preparation for the three days of climate talks that are taking place this weekend, 29 to 31 May.

Professor Bruno Latour during the simulation of climate negotiations at the Theatre Nanterre-Amandiers.

Seven months before the global climate conference taking place in Paris in December, 208 students from Sciences Po and other universities around the world will come together to participate in a unique simulation of the negotiations. This experiment will take place on 29, 30 & 31 May at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers under the guidance of Bruno Latour, a professor at Sciences Po.

Al Gore gave a unique lecture on climate change on Monday 18 May 2015 at Sciences Po. Frédéric Mion, President of Sciences Po, and Jane D. Hartley, the US Ambassador to France, introduced this unique event. It took place under the banner of Make It Work, a Sciences Po initiative promoting dialogue on the climate.

Seven months before the global climate conference taking place in Paris, students from universities around the world will come together to participate in a unique simulation of the negotiations.

Climate conferences fail due to their focus on consequences and not causes. With this in mind, Sciences Po and its partners in the Make it Work initiative decided to organise a “real” simulation prior to the official conference Paris Climat 2015. The goal: test new methods of negotiation. An unparalleled experience that will take place the 29, 30 & 31 May at the Nanterre-Amandiers Theater.  

Conferences, inauguration of a vegetable garden, launch of a compost bin… From the 30 March to 3 April 2015, Sciences Po Environment, a student association, organised the Sustainable Week at Sciences Po.  Caroline Jeanmaire, President of Sciences Po Environment, talks about the week’s main events and reviews what is at stake one month before the COP 21 simulation at Sciences Po next May (fr). Watch the video (English subtitles available).