Climate Talks: Can a Photograph Do What a Policy Paper Cannot?
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Can powerful images succeed where data and policy papers fall short?
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on climate communication, disinformation, and the role of storytelling in shaping public debate.
📅 August 10, 2026 | 12:00–13:00
📍 Vitensenteret Sørlandet, Arendal
🗣 English | 🎟 Free
With leading voices from politics, diplomacy, and science, the panel explores how we can better communicate the urgency of climate action and whether photography can make the difference.
Participants include:
• Sveinung Rotevatn (Bellona)
• Christina Beinhoff (German Federal Foreign Office)
• Peter Prokosch (Vision 52)
• Esther Horvath (Photographer, Alfred Wegener Institute)
Moderated by Gosia Smieszek-Rice (AMAP)
Other speakers announced later
👉 Following the debate: optional guided tour with Esther Horvath at her exhibition “Stars of Polar Night” (Teaterplassen).
Organised by the German Embassy, the French Embassy, Goethe-Institut, Alfred Wegener Institute, the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation, and Bellona.
More information: https://www.goethe.de/ins/no/no/ver.cfm?event_id=27294023
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on climate communication, disinformation, and the role of storytelling in shaping public debate.
📅 August 10, 2026 | 12:00–13:00
📍 Vitensenteret Sørlandet, Arendal
🗣 English | 🎟 Free
With leading voices from politics, diplomacy, and science, the panel explores how we can better communicate the urgency of climate action and whether photography can make the difference.
Participants include:
• Sveinung Rotevatn (Bellona)
• Christina Beinhoff (German Federal Foreign Office)
• Peter Prokosch (Vision 52)
• Esther Horvath (Photographer, Alfred Wegener Institute)
Moderated by Gosia Smieszek-Rice (AMAP)
Other speakers announced later
👉 Following the debate: optional guided tour with Esther Horvath at her exhibition “Stars of Polar Night” (Teaterplassen).
Organised by the German Embassy, the French Embassy, Goethe-Institut, Alfred Wegener Institute, the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation, and Bellona.
More information: https://www.goethe.de/ins/no/no/ver.cfm?event_id=27294023
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Where is it happening?
Vitensenteret Sørlandet, Kystveien 4, 4841 Arendal, Norge, Arendal, Norway
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Host or PublisherGoethe-Institut Norwegen
