Ecsite's proposal to hold a side event at the United Nations COP15 Conference was accepted by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The side event is organised in conjunction with the World Ocean Network, and takes place within the framework of the ACCENT project.

Speakers at the event include Ecsite President Hans Gubbels; Dr Martin Sommerkorn, Senior Climate Change Advisor, WWF International Arctic Programme; Luigi Amodio, Director, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy; Philippe Vallette, Co-chair, World Ocean Network and General Manager of Nausicaá, National Sea Centre, Boulogne sur Mer, France.

All those who have signed up for accreditation to attend the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18 2009 are eligible to attend. We invite those accredited to join us at this crucial event to underline the importance of Europe’s science centres and museums in engaging the public on the issue of climate change. Please find the programme for the launch event attached.

The day before this side event, on Monday 14th December, we invite you to Experimentarium, Denmark for the “I do” Launch Event. “I do” is the message of ACCENT, a European project bringing together science centres and museums in a collective action on climate change in 2010.