Climate Talks: Can a Photograph Do What a Policy Paper Cannot?

The science is in. Researchers at Ny-Ålesund and across the Arctic have spent decades building an undeniable case for climate action. Policymakers have the data. So why are we losing the argument? Disinformation doesn't fight fair. It doesn't need to be true. It just needs to be loud. And in a new geopolitical landscape it is gaining ground that took scientists years to earn. The panel asks what European politics, science communication and environmental advocacy can do to fight back. And whether a photographer might just do what none of them can. Join us to find out. Then hear from famed photographer Esther Horvath and join her guided tour of her Stars of Polar Night exhibition at Teaterplassen in Arendal. Moderated by Gosia Smieszek-Rice, Deputy Secretary of AMAP. Organised by the German Embassy, the French Embassy, Goethe-Institut, Alfred Wegener Institute, Den norsk-tyske Willy Brandt-stiftelsen and Bellona. Light refreshments will be served. Programme: Welcome and Opening: - Christiane Hohmann, Ambassador of Germany in Norway - Gérard Cairet, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France in Norway Panel Discussion: - Sophia Armanski, Head of Division Strategic Communication, The German Federal Foreign Office - Sveinung Rotevatn, CEO, Miljøstiftelsen Bellona - Peter Prokosch, Founder, Vision 52, and former director of WWF Arctic programme Introduction to the exhibition “Stars of Polar Night”: - Esther Horvath, photographer and visual science communicator, Alfred Wegener Institute / National Geographic Explorer - Moderator: Gosia Smieszek-Rice, Deputy Secretary, AMAP / Arctic Council Followed by a guided tour of the exhibition “Stars of Polar Night exhibition” by photographer Esther Horvath at Teaterplassen in Arendal at 13:30.