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Role of science centres, museums and aquaria highlighted at COP15, Copenhagen6.1.2010 > 5.2.2010 | |||||||||||
|  Luigi Amodio, ACCENT Project Coordinator and director of the Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, explains the importance of the project to the COP15 delegates. An official side event was held within the COP15 conference in Copenhagen on December 15th 2009, entitled “Science centres, museums and aquaria commit to action on climate change.” The side event was organised by Ecsite in conjunction with the World Ocean Network, and took place within the framework of the ACCENT project. Ecsite and the World Ocean Network were official observer organisations at the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18 2009. The networks, in collaboration with the ACCENT project, organised a side event in order to highlight the role of science centres, museums and aquaria in public engagement on climate change. Speakers included Ecsite President Hans Gubbels, director general of the World Ocean Network Philippe Vallette and ACCENT project coordinator Luigi Amodio of Città della Scienza, Naples. The guest speaker was Martin Sommerkorn, senior advisor to the WWF’s Arctic programme. At the side event, Hans Gubbels unveiled the Ecsite Declaration on Public Engagement in Climate Change, and explained its importance as a call for Ecsite members, researchers and policymakers to form partnerships in order to inform and empower the public on this global issue. Comments (0)You must be logged in to add comments. |
