December 2009
5 posts
COP15 is underway
The UN conference began in earnest today - for the main news stories, the BBC coverage is pretty comprehensive. We divided our time between a morning seminar at the University of Copenhagen and looking at some examples of low carbon transport in the city.
A few interesting facts came out of the morning’s talks, including:
1) 70-80% of all greenhouse gases are produced by just 15 countries....
Copenhagen Climate Conference
We’ve had a busy day in Copenhagen, soaking up the atmosphere in the numerous COP15 areas dotted around the city, chatting to Danish people about their views of climate change and even witnessing the more activist end of the climate change spectrum - a mock funeral for the American Dream. Have a look at the day 1 photos we took. There’s a buzz about the city, undampened by the...