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The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) 
was held from Dec 7 to 18, 2009.
Negotiators, ministers, scientists and world leaders assembled in the Danish capital to negotiate a way forward.
Nigel Kerby from the Australian Science Media Centre was in Copenhagen for the duration of the Conference.
On Friday,18 December at 11pm Denmark time (Sat 19 Dec at 9am AEDT), Professor Tim Flannery discussed the first signes of an outcome from his hotel in an online briefing. To listen to the briefing, click here.
Also, if you need help sourcing comment from Australian climate scientists not attending, the AusSMC can find you an expert. Call (08) 7120 8666 or email us.
Recommend links
Try the following press links:
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_15/conference_programme/items/5071.php
COP15 conference programme – includes links to the daily programme, meetings schedule and overview schedule on the right hand side of the page
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_15/virtual_participation/items/5092.php
Virtual participation options provided by the UNFCCC (includes link to live briefings page)
http://en.cop15.dk/about+cop15/press/press+info
COP15 Press information including “Notes to correspondents” and a series of other links
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_15/media/items/5070.php
UNFCCC press information page (includes some duplication with the COP15 press page)
www.cop15hb.dk/
Host broadcaster information
http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP15
Side event schedule
We are aware of at least two documents issued each day which provided a running commentary on developments at this Conference. They were distributed in paper form at the venue and can be downloaded online at the following links.
http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop15/
EARTH NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN: A formal review of proceedings for each day (see pdf links on the left column)
http://www.copenhagenclimatecouncil.com/
A concise, daily brief is posted here each day at around 8pm local time.
http://climatenetwork.org/eco/copenhagen-2009
ECO: Produced co-operatively by Climate Action Network groups – more of a opinion based running commentary.
Images (Last updated on Sat 19 Dec at 12.30pm AEDT)
Photos taken by the AusSMC at COP15 in Copenhagen were uploaded to to a special AusSMC web page. You will find it at www.flickr.com/photos/aussmc.
Media is free to download and publish the images from this site provided credit is given to the “Australian Science Media Centre.”
Official photos from the conference can also be sourced via the following link: http://en.cop15.dk/about+cop15/press/photos
Short video snippets (<90 secs) are available for media to download.. To download the video file, go to ftp://mail.aussmc.org/COP15 (right click relevant file and ‘save target as..’)
A low res preview version of any video snippets will also be available for viewing on the above flickr page.
Various audio files from the conference are included below.
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19 Dec 2009: Press conference with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong – first 20 min only (room audio) |
| Listen | 15 Dec 2009: Wendy Foden from the IUCN species programme discussing new data on species vulnerable to climate change | |
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15 Dec 2009: SA Premier Mike Rann speaking at the 2009 Climate Leaders Summit, an event organised by The Climate Group. (8:00n) |
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15 Dec 2009: Queensland Climate Minister, Kate Jones speaking at the 2009 Climate Leaders Summit, an event organised by the Climate Group (1:50) |
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11 Dec 2009: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong in her daily briefing to journalists in Copenhagen (9:16) |
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10 Dec 2009: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong in her daily briefing to journalists in Copenhagen (11:14) |
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10 Dec 2009: Professor Will Steffen from the Australian National University making a point about the importance of cutting industrialised fossil fuel emissions during a Side Event at the EU Pavilion. (1:19) |
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09 Dec 2009: Climate Change Minister Penny Wong briefing journalists upon arrival in Copenhagen (nb: noisy background) (15:31) |
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09 Dec 2009: Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg from the University of Queensland giving a presentation about the threat of climate change to the world’s reefs (at a side event held at the US pavilion) (14:19) |
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08 Dec 2009: IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri reacting to the ‘hacked email scandal’ and takes questions from journalists (14 min – mp3). NB: Room audio taken at a side event. (14:19) |
