The 2012 Rafto Prize events

Published: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 13:06

The 2012 Rafto Prize will be awarded to Nnimmo Bassey from Nigeria on Sunday, 4 November at the National Stage, Bergen. The Rafto Conference "Human Rights Threatened by Climate Change" will be held on Saturday, 3 November at Radisson Blu Hotel Norge in Bergen. Entrance to the conference is free, but please register first.

Nigerian Nnimmo Bassey (54) will receive the 2012 Rafto Prize for his untiring work to raise worldwide awareness of the human rights aspect of climate and environmental challenges in general and on the African continent in particular. He fights for vulnerable local communities’ rights to life, health, food and water. Nnimmo Bassey demonstrates that underprivileged groups are hit especially hard by climate change and environmental destruction.

RAFTO CONFERENCE 2012 - programme and registration
"Human Rights Threatened by Climate Change"
Saturday, 3 November from 10.00-13.000 (registration from 09.00)
Radisson Blu Hotel Norge, Ole Bulls Plass in Bergen
Entrance is free, but please register first.

09:00 - 09:50 Registration
Radisson Blu Hotel Norge, lobby 1st floor
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Opening Statement
Therese Jebsen – Executive Director, Rafto Foundation
Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås – Minister of International Development (SV)
Radisson Blu Hotel Norge, Bankettsalen 3rd floor
10:15 - 10:45 Keynote address - Human Rights and the Multiple Environmental Changes
Nnimmo Bassey - Rafto Prize laureate 2012
10:45 - 11:00 Towards Unprecedented Changes in Climate
Helge Drange - Professor at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
11:00 - 11:20 Where is the Law? - Climate Change and Human Rights
Stephen Humphreys - Lecturer in International Law, London School of Economics (LSE)
11:20 - 11:30 Climate and the Energy Sector - Challenges and Opportunities
Hege Marie Norheim - Senior Vice President, Corporate Climate, Statoil
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00 Panel: Human Rights Threatened by Climate Change
Moderator: Mah-Rukh Ali - TV2 journalist
Panelists: Stephen Humphreys, Hege Marie Norheim, Nnimmo Bassey, Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås
13:00 - 13:00 End of conference

RAFTO PRIZE CEREMONY - programme and tickets
Sunday, 4 November from 18.00-19.15
The National Stage, Bergen (Den Nationale Scene)
Torchlight procession after the award ceremony - please join!

Tickets for the ceremony are on sale at the ticket office at The National Stage, Bergen.
For reservations please contact the ticket office: e-mail: dns(at)dns.no or phone: +47 55 60 70 80.
Price: 300 NOK + ticket fee 25 NOK (adults) / 200 NOK + ticket fee 25 NOK (students)

The Rafto Foundation thanks the artists for their contribution:
Carte Blanche, contemporary dance company
Monica Ifejilika, singer-songwriter from Norway/Nigeria
Gabriel Fliflet, accordion player, composer, singer and folk music enthusiast
Arme Riddere, official male choir of the University of Bergen
TAAO, a group playing self-composed music, spanning pop, rock and improvisation
Poetry reading by actors from the National Venue of Theatre.
Master of ceremonies: Agnete G. Haaland, artistic director of The National Stage, Bergen