Compete in A Global Competition

Paris Climate 2015: Make It WorkExperimentation and Invention

of New Climate Change Negotiations

PROJECT OVERVIEW

From the 26th to 31st of May 2015, five

students from Tsinghua University will

represent China to participate in a

global climate negotiation simulations,

called “Paris Climate 2015: Make It

Work”, organized by Sciences Po, to

prepare for the 21st session of the

Conference of the Parties to the

UNFCCC (CIO21) held in December

2015, in Paris, France. This is an

unprecedented experiment to involve

the public, especially the youth, in the

negotiations of climate change.

The project aims to achieve three goals:

To create and experiment with

possible alternative forms of climate

negotiations;

To convey the message of the youth

to COP21;

To offer a dynamic educational and

scientific training opportunity for

students.

International Participation │ Youth Voices│ Unconventional Modes

APPLICATION

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

PARTICIPANTS

200 students forms 40 delegations of 5 students each, with

the following compositions:

− 100 students from Sciences Po;

− 50 students from international partner universities

(including Tsinghua);

− 50 students from other universities within France

Highlights

− An experimental and even utopian framework;

− Unconventional tools such as theater, cinema and the

visual arts;

− Engagement with the public, the negotiators, the media

and civil society;

− New and innovative instruments to visualize the

geopolitical challenges the and climate change issue

Objectives

− Changing the way of negotiating;

− Reinventing the concept of representation;

− Democratize negotiations

QUALIFICATIONS

Open to all Tsinghua Chinese students of

all majors

MATERIALS

− English proficiency certificate

(preferred);

− Application form (as designated)

− CV or resume

DEADLINE: March 1, 2015

ALL costs will be covered, except

personal expenses that are not

mandatory for participation in the

project.

The Tsinghua team will represent Chinese

students’ voices, engage with counterparts

from all over the world, and bring back

innovative ways of climate change

negotiations .

FEE

1

•January 26

•Program Announcement & Application Open

2

•March 1, 2015

•Application Close

3

•March 5- April 2, 2015

•Preliminary Training (5 sessions)

4

•April 9, 2015

•Model Debate & Delegation Members Selection

5

•April - May, 2015

•Pre-simulation Exercise

6

•May 22, 2015

•Pre-trip Meeting

•Director, Institute of Low Carbon Economy, Tsinghua University

Prof. He Jiankun

何建坤 教授

•Professor, School of Public Policy and Management

•Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Prof. Qi Ye齐晔 教授

•Associated Professor

•Institute of Low Carbon Economy, Tsinghua University

Prof. Teng Fei

腾飞 教授

TSINGHUA TRAINING FACULTY

Apply now!Contact: sppmcidegyn@tsinghua.edu.cn Scan me

TIMELINE

The simulation will be presented as an opening

film or side event on the 21st United Nations

Conference of the Parties (COP21) on Climate

Change in Paris, December 2015

• Experts and practitioners from National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation

NCSC