OSLO: DNV is sponsoring Klima X, a climate exhibition that opened recently in the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum). Here, many hundreds of thousands of children and adults will actually be able to feel the effects of the climate challenges facing the world.
The Klima X exhibition was opened by Norway’s prime minister Jens Stoltenberg and Rajendra Pauchari, the director of Nobel Peace Prize winner IPCC. The exhibition will last for all of two years.
This exhibition is the Museum’s largest and most spectacular ever. The effects of climate changes can be felt by those attending the exhibition, who will be challenged, provoked and involved. The exhibition provides climate facts, the research behind these and, not least, how the choice of political solutions, technology and consumer behaviour can counteract climate changes. Visitors can travel on remote-controlled boats to China, Greenland, the USA and Nepal to visit people who daily feel the effects of climate changes.
“Klima X is suitable for everyone, but DNV looks on the exhibition as a unique opportunity to reach the younger generation, often together with their parents and teachers. We have given the project financial and practical support because our purpus has always been to protect life, property and the environment. Klima X is completely in line with this and I hope we can interest the Norwegian and international public in visiting the exhibition,” says Henrik O. Madsen, the CEO of DNV.
“DNV has services relating to climate change as one of its most important focus areas. Risk management within this complex field requires the ability to see the link between the major political lines and the specific business and operational challenges. We work across energy-source, technology and competence boundaries in order to ensure that our deliveries incorporate this understanding. In this way, we help to improve the decision-making basis throughout the value chain,” says Elisabeth Tørstad, the Director of the Cleaner Energy and Utilities department in DNV.
“For example, we exhibit the miniature FellowSHIP vessel at Klima X,” she points out. The FellowSHIP marks a breakthrough for the use of fuel cell technology on board ships and will be able to revolutionise shipping through its vastly reduced climate-gas emissions. FellowSHIP is a joint venture project involving Norwegian and international players.
“In FellowSHIP and a lot of other projects, DNV functions as a technological and knowledge-based bridge between industry, society and the authorities. We play a key role in several important energy- and environmental-related joint venture projects both in Norway and abroad,” says Elisabeth Tørstad.
“I believe that humanity will manage to solve the climate challenges, but to do so everyone must understand the issue and pull in the same direction. We can’t afford the time or money for people to sit on the sidelines,” says Henrik O. Madsen.