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Children’s International Press Centre Climate Change Summit

Arendalsuka GRID-Arendal has taken part in Arendalsuka since 2013 and this year the week-long event was bigger than ever before. GRID-Arendal organized seven events attended by more than a thousand people. Our events covered a wide range of topics including marine litter, blue forests, the shift to clean technologies and sustainable development in the Arctic. UN Day UN organizations in Norway organized a seminar and panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of international migration in the Nordic region on 24 October at Litteraturhuset in Oslo. Speakers included: Anne Cathrine da Silva, Secretary-General of the UN Association Norway; Torkil Åmland, State Secretary for the Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration; Henrik M. Nordentoft, Representative of the UNHCR Regional Representation for Northern Europe; Louis Hoffman, Head of Recovery and Transition, International Organization for Migration (IOM); Sarah Lister, Director of UNDP Oslo Governance Center; and Gro Lindstad, Executive Director of FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development.

GRID-Arendal hosted 17 high school students from several European countries in a Climate Change Summit for youth organized by the Children’s International Press Centre in Arendal in September. The students met with our experts and attended a seminar on the role whales and other sea life play in climate change. Collaboration with Trefoldighetskirken GRID-Arendal contributed two articles to the newsletter of Trefoldighetskirken’s parish. The first article, Vår felles miljøutfordring was featured in the 3rd issue of the newsletter published in September 2018. The article focussed on the work of GRID-Arendal and the important role partnerships play in tackling today’s environmental challenges. The second article, Gradvis håp, was published in the 4th issue of the newsletter in November 2018. It focussed on the need to think about climate change and other environmental challenges; understand that our decisions will make a difference in the future; and maintain a sense of hope to inspire collective action. The original, English versions of the articles were written by John Crump, Senior Science Writer.

Children’s International Press Centre Climate Change Summit

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