INPE and Rede CLIMA Promote Science at Rio+20

Hello reader!

It follows a note published on the day (06/14) in the website of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) stating that the INPE and Rede CLIMA promote science at Rio+20.

Duda Falcão

INPE and Rede CLIMA

Promote Science at Rio+20

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Interactive games and educational movies about the impacts of climate change and natural disasters are some of the attractions provided by the Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE) and Rede CLIMA (Brazilian Network for Global Climate Change Research) that the audience might check at the ‘Pop Ciência’, a public place at Rio+20.

The activities – organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation – take place between June 13 and 22 at the ‘Armazém 4’ of Pier Mauá, Rio de Janeiro.

Movies

Natural Disasters;

Fires in the Amazon: a threat to the environment and health;

The Brazilian Network for Global Climate Change Research (Rede Clima);

Interactive Games and Quiz

Climate Change;

Carbon Cycle.

Didactic Exhibit

Amazon Monitoring Systems;

Thematic Networks of Rede CLIMA;

Climate Modeling;

Economics of Climate Change;

Climate Change and Human Health;

Climate Change and Coastal Zones.

Lectures

The major INPE-Rede Clima lectures for Rio+20 are:

June 14 at 10:30 am - Investigating climate change impacts on biodiversity (Maria Lúcia Lorini)

June 15 at 12:15 pm - The role of renewable energy in climate change and sustainability (Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos de Freitas)

June 16 at 10:45 am - Brazilian Network for Global Climate Change Research

June 16 at 12:15 pm - Biodiversity, Climate Change and Plant Biology (Fabiano Scarpa)

June 16 at 3:45 pm - Sustainability and Climate Change (Saulo Rodrigues Filho)

The complete ‘Armazém Pop Ciência’ agenda is available at www.popciencia.org.br

Source: WebSite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)