Now showing at ETH: the climate summit in Paris

In order to keep up-to-date with the negotiations, plenary sessions and press conferences from the COP21 are being webcast live on the “Green Floor” in the CHN building (D-floor next to the lift), every day from 10am to 6pm.

Enlarged view: Currently meeting in Paris: the 21st UN climate change conference COP 21 (Photo: MEDDE / SG COP 21 / Arnaud Bouissou)
Currently meeting in Paris: the 21st UN climate change conference COP 21 (Photo: MEDDE / SG COP 21 / Arnaud Bouissou)

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21 has been taking place in Paris since 30 November, and runs until 11 December. Representatives from the governments and civil society of  nearly 200 countries are debating how the founding efforts of the Kyoto Protocol should be continued. By the end of this week, they should achieve a new binding international agreement framing a climate policy which aims to limit global warming to under 2°C.

One important discussion point is the emission reduction objectives from each country. Also being debated are  the financial mechanisms to compensate the poorest countries suffering from climate change, and the support for countries that have been asked to combine important economic development with low carbon emissions.

In order to keep up-to-date with the negotiations, plenary sessions and press conferences from the COP21 are being webcast live on the “Green Floor” in the CHN building (D-floor next to the lift), every day from 10am to 6pm. Daily updates on the status of the negotiations are being shown on-screen and recorded in print, as flyers.

Martha Vogel is a doctoral student at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich.

Enlarged view: Press conferences in Paris - such as this one, led by the indigenous peoples - are being transmitted live in the CHN building. (Photo: COP 21 / Benjamin Géminel)
Press conferences in Paris - such as this one, led by the indigenous peoples - are being transmitted live in the CHN building. (Photo: COP 21 / Benjamin Géminel)
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