COP15: Bend the Trend - a world film premiere and global network event
Geschreven op 8-12-2009 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Klimaat
As part of its support to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15), the European Environment Agency will be hosting ‘Bend the Trend’ - a world film premiere and global network event, on Sunday December 13th. Guests will meet citizens and communities from across the world and gain fascinating insights into how the challenges of climate change are being solved today.
Let the bells ring, the conch shells, drums and gongs sound 350 times for climate justice
The Environmental Atlas of Europe is a UNEP-EEA-European Space Agency joint project showcasing communities responding to environmental change across Europe. The film presents a series of these inspirational stories about how people are responding to climate change and in so doing, transforming their lives for a more sustainable future. Film premiere: 13 December 2009.
One Degree Matters follows social and business leaders as they travel to Greenland and experience for themselves the dramatic effects of the melting of the ice cap and come to understand the planetary effects of climate change and the impacts these will have on society and the economy. The film brings to the screen the latest science from the Arctic and shows why a further rise in global temperature of one degree matters for the future of humankind. Film premiere: 13 December 2009.
The European Environment Agency launches the social climate movement ‘Bend the Trend’. Individuals are encouraged to pledge a lifestyle change that will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. ‘Bend the Trend’ will also incorporate data from other, existing pledge systems and show the aggregate effects of these. The collective effects on carbon emissions will be projected onto an interactive world atlas. The application will link with social networks for ‘Trendbenders’ to build viral momentum.
‘Bend the Trend’ pledging will be available to the public from 14 December.
