Video: Denmark and Google cooperate on climate, COP 15
Release Date: 2009-09-22
A new YouTube channel is aimed at opening up the UN climate conference in Copenhagen (COP15) to the public. Google Maps and Google Earth offer guided video tours that illustrate climate change.
A new YouTube channel allows users of the online video sharing website to share their thoughts on climate change before and during December’s UN climate change conference (COP15) in Copenhagen.
Through the channel, users can contribute their own opinions and questions, and view and respond to videos by climate change opinion makers. The channel will also allow users to watch videos that go behind the scenes of the conference itself.
During COP15, videos will be shown on screens at the conference venue. Delegates will have the opportunity to record their opinions and responses in a booth at the centre.
The YouTube channel is the result of a cooperation between Denmark and the owner of YouTube, Google.
“We wish to open up the climate change conference and give people an opportunity to make their voices heard,” says Klavs A. Holm, Ambassador for Public Diplomacy.
The best video contributions will be aired during the COP15 CNN/YouTube TV debate on December 15.
At Google Maps and Google Earth the climate interested public can view visualized presentations of greenhouse gas emissions by region or expected consequences of climate change, or take virtual tours on mitigation and adaptation aspects.
The cooperation between Denmark and Google will be launched today by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at the UN climate summit in New York.
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | COP 15 |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Url: | http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=2145 |