Participants
Please register for the seminar by writting a comment below with you name and country. You will receive an email with further details.
Philia Stekelenburg, Netherlands
Alessandro Bruni, Italy
Gitte Møller Jensen, Denmark
Hanne Hom, Denmark
Anders Madsen, Denmark
Kjell Ribert, Norway
Barbara Adler, Denmark
Ann Leikersfeldt, Denmark
Trond Lexau, Norway
Donald L. Mellman, USA
Emmanuelle Kehrer, Switzerland
Fiona Hollier, Australia
Lene Bech Hilsberg, Denmark
Willian Hallmark, USA
Peter Westphall, Denmark
Kirsten Precht, Denmark
Irena Valenkova, Russia
Phillip Hart, Australia
Lorna Jaynes, USA
Charlie Woods, Scotland
Sanne Bager, Denmark
Steen Clausen, Denmark
Denise Pilie, USA
Jamil Mahuad, Ecuador
Tsisana Shamlikashvili, Russia
Todd Gardner, USA
Susan Lund, Denmark
Linda Beitz, USA
Leslie Mooyaart, Netherlands
Erica Ariel Fox, USA
Michael Seidel, Germany
Marion Thorning, Denmark
Elaine Hallmark, USA
Robert Bender, Norway
Gitte Larsen, Denmark
Dorthe Steenberg, Denmark
Lisa Erika Bindner, Denmark
Tom Fiutak, USA
Fiona Nagle, USA
Eileen Barker, USA
Danny Kopels, USA
Susan Mullens, USA
Nan Waller Burnett, USA
Ron Supancic, USA
Gregg Walker, USA
Mark Kirwin, USA
Mark Baril, USA
Kirk Emerson, USA
Alan Gross, USA
Joan Goldsmith, USA
Lynn Cole, USA
Diane Perlman, USA
Erik Steinecker, USA
Annette van Riemsdjyk – Netherlands
Marianne Viskum Olesen, Denmark
Martine K. Miller, France
Eliza Teodorescu, Romania
John Cooper, USA
Karolyn Vreeland Blume, USA
Cecilia Carlsson, Sweden
Kirk Emerson, USA
Henriette Højsteen, Denmark
Michael Schneider, Spain
Erik Lemcke, Denmark
Anna Spain, USA
Sascha Amarasinha, Denmark
Niels Møller, Denmark
Thomas Bender, Denmark
Jens Larsen, Denmark
Anni Rene, Denmark
Brigitte Kehrer, Switzerland
John Sturrock, Scotland
Vibeke Vindeløv, Denmark
Anja Riis Tüchsen, Denmark
Toni Freitas, Scotland
Jeremy Lack, Switzerland
Kenneth Cloke, USA
Bill Marsh, UK
Françoise Castany, France
Adeline Guilhen, France
Claude Amar, France
Lone Clausen, Denmark
Jens Emborg, Denmark
Tina Monberg, Denmark
Mie Marcussen, Denmark
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Mediators at COP15 - finding new ways 
Mahmood said
those countries such as China,USA, India and Japan has to pay penalties for pollution that they used to creat and start to work on jointventure project with their own money with polluted countries.
Mac-Jordan Holdbrookes D. Degadjor said
I want to participate and contribute with my skills too. I look forward to joining this very important gathering. I look forward to talking in one voice with my fellow friends mediators.
Andrew Acland said
The ideas of mediation and conflict transformation have been around so long now that it is hard to believe that they have still to penetrate to the places where they are most needed. I know from my own experience, however, that the default mode for all political operations is fight rather than talk, demand rather than offer, negate rather than create. We can no longer afford this, and I think MBB’s idea of immersion – flooding as many delegates as possible with so much about the value of mediation that they can no longer ignore it – might tip the balance and make a new default response to difficult issues. If I can contribute to this I will happily do so.
Eja Haag Grahn said
I would love to participate. I´ve written an asignment on mediation in puplicschools and mediated as well. I am a teacher and now studying Pedagogik and Health at Roskilde University. I also have a strong interest in inviroment matters.
Eja
Judith Auld said
Mediation can play a critical part in assisting to achieve the impossible – look at South Africa and Northern Ireland. Where there is a will, mediation can be a way. I would like to contribute and bring my skills to helping make mediation count when it comes to real action for climate change
Rhonda L. Stern said
I am a teacher of gifted and talented students, a certified mediator, and an avid environmentalist. I have taught units on climate change to elementary students since 2002. Last March, I participated in an international climate change mission to Antarctica and now some of my students and students from a South African school, Subandihla, are exchanging resources and ideas related to this problem. I want to give these students a “voice” in the climate change negotiations. They are going to inherit this problem and I’m confident that many will be leaders in finding solutions.
I look forward to participating in this program. Best, Rhonda Stern
Debbie Wright said
I would like to participate and contribute in COP15 in Copenhagen. I have worked on projects such as the Gronland Project in Norway. I currently work with Concatia a design catalysts company, which is a group of engineers, architects, and urban designers who take our climate change very seriously. I am looking foward attending this very important event. Thank you
William L Hallmark said
My wife Elaine who is registered and I would like to attend both the Barcelona and Copenhagen meetings. I work with Beyond War, a volunteer organization which has endorsed the proposed protocol. I have participated in some environmental mediations as an assistant to Elaine. My personal background is in insurance law practice where I frequently participated as an advocate in multiparty mediation.
babalobi said
Will climate change exacerbate water supply and quality
problems in the Middle East to an extent that could compromise
peace treaties and agreements?
Babatope Babalobi, Nigeria
Lone Clausen said
Hi Babatope,
The objective with the seminar is to identify a connection between the various and multiple conflicts arising from climate changes and the existing conflict solving resources around the world. During the senimar smaller workshop will take place and here it is paramount that the participants brings concrete experiences and example at the table. In that sense it is fair to assume that the watersupply and quality problems will be one of the areas where we can identify the connection between climate change – problems – conflicts.
Especially professionels from the so called 3. world will be able to share may examples and threfore it is our hope that we can inspire people from the 3. world countries or proffesionell having worked in third world countries to join the seminar.
We are trying to ensure funds for travveling scolarships – we are not there yet – but expect to be able to support participants from the 3. world.
If you know others that might be interested and have concrete experiences with regard to cope with the consequences from climatechanges – please inform them about the initiative.
Best regards
Lone Clausen
Elaine Hallmark said
I would very much like to participate in this effort and to attend the COP 15 in Copenhagen. I have been doing environmental mediation and facilitating collaborative governance practices since the late 1980’s. I direct Oregon Consensus, a program to resolve public issues in the State of Oregon, USA. We have worked with a number of climate change initiatives locally. I believe it is critical to help people collaborate to find the ways to develop and implement solutions. I also work with Beyond War (www.beyondwar.org) which is an NGO that is working to change the culture to one of solving problems together, recognizing that we are all interconnected.
Michael Seidel said
Thanks to Michael Schneider for the hint at this important initiative. I would like to participate and look forward to interesting discussions and meeting interesting persons.
Best regards
Michael
Michael Schneider said
This is a great opportunity to be able to contribute to create more peaceful global interrelations.
Look forward to this event
Best
Michael
John Sturrock said
This is a critical initative. We have a crucial role to play as mediators, but not just in terms of our process skills. We can use our skills and connections to facilitate meetings and creative conversations among key players. For example, recently we had William Ury visit us in Scotland for a series of events. Out of a private meeting which took place during his time in Edinburgh, there has come a very exciting proposal which could be transformative on a global level.
For the December meeting, may I suggest that we try something which I have undertaken now on four occasions in New York, Belfast, Berlin and Edinburgh? This is a three hour workshop on conducting a multi-party dialogue using mediation where the topic is difficult and complex with many parties. We have used climate change as the topic and it has worked really well, mixing discussion about process management with a real experience of the process in action as all the participants actively role play various parties in the process. I’d be happy to undertake to lead this.
Andrew Acland said
This is a great idea and I would be delighted to help if I can – having run many meetings on this and other multi-stakeholder, multi-issue topics.
Eliza Teodorescu said
Hi, I’d like to participate at the seminar. I’m a climate campaigner and an authorized mediator from Romania. I’ve been trying to link these two interests and I am also planning to come to the COP. I’d like to meet people involved in these issues and see what I can do here, since Romania already has to deal with conflicts both on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Regards,
Eliza
kirkemerson said
I look forward to contributing to this important effort and hope to participate in the COP15 MBB mediation workshop. I believe that conflict management and collaborative problem solving skills and processes are essential capacities for connecting global and national policies with local on-the-ground action to reduce carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.
Thank you for creating this opportunity.
Kirk Emerson
USA
Brigitte Kehrer said
I want to participate and contribute with my skills too. I look forward to joining this very important gathering. I look forward to talking in one voice with my fellow friends mediators.
I am convinced we can make a difference by showing how committed we are to creating a conducive environment for constructive dialogue.
kindly Brigitte Kehrer/ Switzerland
Boban Alempijevic said
My hope is that I will be able to participate. But no matter if that is possible for me or not I will do my best to talk to the right people in my country (Finland) about this report ( second post on the front blog). I should be able to get in contact with several politicians on high level and I hope that everyone reading this blog and everyone knowing about this report do the same. The more we pressure our government, the more we “educate” them, the bigger is the chance that the issue gets up on the agenda of COP15 in December.
Best regards
Boban
Lone Clausen said
HI Boban,
I have just read your input and want to urge you to contact the politicians yopu know. We have tried to achieve to get conflictresolution on the agenda for the upcomming COP 15 meeting. The fact that the agenda is negotiated between countries calls for a countru to take the lead on the issue – DK cannot do this as they have to be neutrale as the hosting nation – we understand.
Anja Riis Tüchsen said
Very strong and relevant initiative. I would like to participate and contribute in any way I can.
Bst Reg
Anja