Projet Comenius du Lycée Niepce

Our project in the press

A journalist from the local paper came and attended the videoconference that was held at Lycée Niepce on Feb 05, 2009. Here’s the article she wrote about it. We have to say we were very disappointed about the content, as it doesn’t really do justice to the work that has been done by all partners, and as some of the information is either incomplete or incorrect.

To read the article, go to the press page.

Enjoy !
The Comenius team

Copenhaguen 2009 : Program

To download the latest program about our trip to Copenhaguen,  please click on the following document(pdf document):

infos-pratiques-copenhague-2009

GLOBAL WARMING : From Denmark to France via Videoconference

On Thursday 5/02 a panel of four Danish experts on climate change (among whom Bjorn Lomborg, a scientist of international reputation) gave a talk at Aalborg College in Denmark. This talk was attended by a group of about 40 students in our school, via a web videoconference.  After a overall presentation of the problem of climate change, the experts answered questions submitted by both Danish and French students. 

Here’s an example of the questions that our students asked :

• What are the impacts of climate change on the environment ?  Is there a big difference between temperatures in the past and now ?
• How can people adapt to climate change ?
• Is the Kyoto Protocol being respected by the countries that have signed it ? What further political measures could be taken ?
• Some countries, like the US, claim that reducing their carbon emissions would ruin their economy. Is that correct ?
• Is carbon sequestration a good solution ? Are there any risks that such carbon-capturing techniques would not encourage industries to reduce their emissions of CO2 ?

After about an hour and a half, the conference came to an end. We would like to thank our Danish partners for organising it, and the experts for answering the students’ questions.

The next and final stage of our two-year project will be in April, when we go and meet up with our Danish partners in Aalborg and then in Copenhaguen. We’re all looking forward to that !

For more information (bio, articles and videos) about Bjorn Lomborg’s works, please visit his website : http://www.lomborg.com/