I recently attended the International Climate Change Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. This was the precursor to the big political conference COP-15, which will happen in December at the same venue, and at which (hopefully), a new global climate accord will be reached.
You can watch some of the plenary sessions at their website [www.climatecongress.ku.dk] and see the six key messages that were produced as an update the the 2007 IPCC report. I would particularly check out the closing session, where the Prime Minister of Denmark and several scientists tried to communicate with each other. However all plenary sessions were quite interesting. Note: to watch videos, you need Microsoft Internet Explorer.
One interesting talk was about media coverage on climate change. From some recent statistics, it looks clear that disinformation campaigns run by conservative think-tanks employ pretty effective strategies to get their message across. Interestingly, I think if you asked anyone at the conference, they would agree that since pre-industrial times, the Earth is warmer by around 0.7°C – with little room for debate.
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