Transdisciplinary Workshop on Awareness Creation of Social Climate Change Impacts in Namibia

In close cooperation with its partners, NISANSA (sponsor) and NUST (co-sponsor and organizer) will actively promote exchange and mutual learning on climate change actions, awareness and knowledge considering societal, historical and political developments.

To be precise, the workshop aims:

• To identify, by means of scenarios, which stakeholders are needed, which backgrounds (cultural, social, societal, etc.) need to be included, and how local and national levels can be linked in order to generate the greatest possible sustainable outcome in terms of climate awareness among the Namibian population. Furthermore, these scenario campaigns could be used as a blueprint/template for further implementation.
• To strengthen local stakeholder groups for an exchange on climate change in urban and rural areas, climate governance, and climate change research and methodologies in Namibia
• To improve trans- and interdisciplinary, effective and sustainable working methods concerning climate change
• To identify the Land Tenure and climate change vulnerability relationship in Namibia.
• To create climate change awareness in Namibia
• To facilitate a forum for local stakeholder engagements with individuals and groups on climate change in various contexts (“creating an exchange platform”)
• To promote trans- and interdisciplinary knowledge exchange within academia on climate change with a focus on methods for action (in this case: aware campaigns)
• To test and consolidate a format in the sense of a living lab
• Specific activities that would be curated to achieve the purpose of the conference would include:
  - Plenary for input presentations (with question-and-answer sessions)
  - Breakout Sessions with the elaboration of a climate change awareness campaign - “template” that can be used for future implementation
  - Reflection and Discussion Sessions