Modtagerne af COP15 klimastipendiet klar til studiestart

Modtagerne

I løbet af deres ophold i Danmark vil modtagerne få mulighed for, at kommentere eller berette om deres oplevelser ved hjælp af blogs på forummet my.studyindenmark.dk.

Udover at være akademisk højt kvalificerede er flere af modtagerne dybt engageret i frivilligt miljøarbejde eller har erfaring med klimamæssige problemstillinger og er således på et personligt plan motiverede for studiet.

Most. Sarmin Islam fra Bangladesh skriver:

I was born in a rural area of Bangladesh. In my country more than eighty percent of the population live in rural areas and are engaged in farming and farm related occupations. Our people always fight against environmental hazard. Every year they face serious flood and cyclone. I saw it from my childhood life.    

Klimastipendiet har givet øget tilstrømning til Study In Denmark websitet fra en række lande som ikke ellers tiltrækkes af Danmark som uddannelsesland.

Most. Sarmin Islam fortsætter:

Bangladesh is a developing country, so the government has very little budget for human resource development. Our government is interested in developing the manpower but due to economic crisis the allocation of funds is very limited. So, it is very difficult to get a government scholarship or a research fund for higher study. It is very difficult for me to bear educational expenses. So a scholarship is the only way to pursue higher study from a developed country. The COP15 scholarship is an appropriate one which can provide me with the opportunity to pursue higher study from a developed country. I am so happy to get the COP15 scholarship which will help me to acquire modern knowledge on Master’s in Agro-Environmental Management.

De studerendes motivation er høj, Ren Hong fra Kina skriver:

I hope the two-year program, with well-motivated teachers, well administrated college and cooperation in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams, will forge a solid foundation for me to solve real environmental issues with integrated consideration of society, economy and environment and pave the way for me to achieve more and more in this field.

I’m eagerly awaiting to joining in!”

Flere af de studerendes har allerede erfaring med miljømæssige problemstillinger som kan komme de danske medstuderende til gode, Renata Hortencia fra Brasilien skriver:

I have always been concerned about environmental impacts. When I started to study engineering, my first interest was the recycling of rubble for the manufacture of green bricks. But in my city, there is nothing related to this issue. So I decided to make a study of the generation of landfill methane and carbon credits. The work was very good and I was invited to a congress. After the publication I tried to find companies that implemented projects for the use of methane. But, instead a large company hired me to work in the construction of the largest wind project in Brazil. I worked there for six months as a trainee and I graduated in civil engineering in December 2007. After that I won a scholarship at the University of Kassel in Germany, to spend one month, between December 2007 and January 2008, visiting projects about wind, solar and biogas. When I returned from Germany, I was hired as civil engineer in the same company that I worked as a trainee. I worked a total of one year and six months in the construction of foundations for wind turbines and access roads. Also I worked in support of management of the process of building the wind farm. I learned a lot and made great friends and contacts. Currently I am working for several months before going to DTU. Now I work in the office of Enel in Rio de Janeiro. Enel is Italy's largest power company, and Europe's second listed utility by installed capacity. I am working on the logistics of wind turbines and analysis of soil for installation of wind farms in North-Eastern Brazil.

Baggrund

På grundlag af indstillinger fra universiteterne har CIRIUS i samarbejde med Udenrigsministeriet udpeget 11 modtagere af Klimastipendiet (COP15 Climate Scholarship). 

Interessen for klimastipendiet har været massiv, og på studiekontorerne har man registreret ca. ti gange så mange ansøgninger på de udvalgte masteruddannelser som vanligt.

Om udvælgelsen

I udvælgelsen af de 6 kvinder og 5 mænd er der lagt vægt på forskellige faktorer, herunder universiteternes prioriteringer, og at stipendierne blev fordelt på mange forskellige lande under hensyntagen til udviklingslande, navnlig Afrika. Desuden er der tilstræbt en spredning på forskellige klimarelaterede uddannelser og universiteter samt en rimelig kønsfordeling.

Modtagerne kommer fra følgende lande: Ghana, Bangladesh, Ethiopien, Brasilien, Albanien/USA, Letland, Indien, Cameroon, Kina, Pakistan, Nigeria.

Modtagerne fordeler sig på Københavns Universitet (1), Aarhus Universitet (2), Syddansk Universitet (1), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (2), Roskilde Universitet (2) og Aalborg Universitet (3) på forskellige klimarelaterede studier.

Fordelingen af modtagere fremgår af oversigten nedenfor.

Politiken har interviewet tre af de studerende, interviewet kan læses i Politiken fra den 10. august 2009.