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<p>On November 20th and 21st, the TU Berlin hosted the &ldquo;Hochschultage Ökosoziale Marktwirtschaft &amp; Nachhaltigkeit&ldquo;. Peter Irvine and Thilo Wiertz from the IASS conducted a workshop on Climate Engineering. An introduction to the science of climate engineering was followed by a joint debate on the social and political concerns linked to large scale manipulations of the environment. In a role play exercise, participants discussed the potential positions and conflicts that could emerge in the future around Climate Engineering field experiments.</p>

<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" xml:lang="EN-US">Achim Maas, Cluster Coordinator of SIWA, gave a presentation at the 58^{<font size="2">th</font>} Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Prague on 11 November 2012.</span></p>

<p>Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer received the “Wilhelmine von Bayreuth Prize for Tolerance and Humanity in Cultural Diversity” from the city of Bayreuth for  “His lasting impact and his great commitment as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme as well as Founding Director for the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies” (IASS). </p>

<p>The IASS, in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST) – Nepal, the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC), will hold a science-policy seminar titled ‘Opportunity to Integrate Atmospheric Pollution Control and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Nepal’. The seminar will be held on November 22^nd, 2012 at the Hotel Himalaya in Kathmandu, Nepal.</p>

<p>On November 7 2012 IASS Scientific Director Prof. Rubbia gave a keynote address during the <a href="http://www.dii-eumena.com/annual-conference/conference-2012/pictures.html">3^r^d Dii Desert Energy Conference</a>, an international event held at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin from November 7 through 9.</p>

<p><img alt="" class="image-iass_teaser editor_image" height="165" src="/sites/default/files/styles/iass_teaser/public/inline_images/p1070827.jpg" width="220" />Sixty guests filled the Hans Otto Reithalle in Potsdam on October 16th to hear PD Dr. Mark Lawrence, IASS Scientific Director, speak and answer questions about the risks and considerations involved in deploying climate engineering technologies to combat climate change.</p>