International conference: “Climate Controversies: Science and Politics”
(October 27-28th, 2010, Brussels - Belgium; October 29th, 2010, Paris - France)

The Institute for Environmental Planning and Land-use Planning (IGEAT), the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DSTE), the Laboratory of Glaciology of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in partnership with the Alexandre Koyré Centre, the Bernheim Centre of Peace and Citizenship and the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) cordially invite you to the three events of the international “Climate Controversies: Science and Politics” conference.

On October 27 and 28, a conference in Brussels will address the recent climate controversies that have shaken the politics and science of climate change. Without denying the existence of climate change, the pungent criticisms addressed at the IPCC seek to re-evaluate its anthropogenic character. As a consequence, behaviours are divided between proactive actions and a ‘laisser-faire’ approach. These two days of conference will aim to unravel the form, content and actors of the controversies.
In the evening of the 27, a public debate will address the relationship between the controversies and the media.

Finally, on October 29, a conference at Sciences Po Paris will examine the profiles and political cleavages within the climate-sceptic movement and their influence on our perception of the problem.

With the participation of Naomi Oreskes (author of Merchants of Doubt), Clive Hamilton (Requiem for a Species), James Hoggan (Climate Cover-Up), Jean-Pascal van Ypersele of the IPCC, Bruno Latour (Sciences Po) , Laurence Tubiana (IDDRI Sciences Po) and journalists including Hervé Kempf (Le Monde), Sylvestre Huet (Libération), Michel de Mulenaere (Le Soir) and Gilles Toussaint (La Libre Belgique) for the public debate.


“Climate controversies: science and politics”
Date: Oct 27-28, 2010 in Brussels
Place: Royal Institute of Natural Science & Université Libre de Bruxelles

Date: Oct 29, 2010, in Paris
Place: Sciences Po Paris

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For further information: elise.coudane@iddri.org - fschmitz@ulb.ac.be - marie-ange.baudoin@ulb.ac.be