A Center to Defend Our Climate Stance
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Ben Jervey in U.S.A., bits
The U.S. Center at the Copenhagen Climate Talks
“No matter how you feel about them,” a friend from the Global South told me today, “the U.S. is really good at this.” She was referring to the U.S. Center here at COP15, a public diplomacy/PR/outreach venue set up by the State Department to, basically, try to show others countries that–in terms of climate change–we’re a whole new America. My Southern friend’s reaction would seem to indicate that they’re doing a good job. Inside the little pavilion space is a boatload of our nation’s finest climate science, including the attention-grabbing centerpiece: Science On a Sphere® (SOS).
The "Science On a Sphere® Globe
Next door in the Meeting Room, they’re hosting a slate of events–lectures and panels and “in-depth explorations of critical initiatives, policies, and scientific research” and such. Check out the calendar and see what our diplomats are up to.
A panel discussion in the U.S. meeting room
