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Finally: a video that explains why Copenhagen is important. Can you?

// Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by Leah Lamb

I don’t know about you: but the situation of Copenhagen blows my mind on a daily basis. The fact that it is very possibly one of the most significant decision making processes of this time re climate change policy, and the majority of people I know do not know it’s significance, or the impact of the decisions making process. It’s not their fault. It’s a failure of media makers.

So what are we doing? For starters we are working on a series called 360 Degrees of Copenhagen, to show the various perspectives in order to gain a better understanding of the relevance of the climate talks.

But for now,  I am posing the question to you: can you explain Copenhagen in plain English? Do you have a blog post, a quick phrase that you use to tell your friends and family the relevance of the Copenhagen climate talks? And why people should care? Leave a comment, and we’ll compile share.

I like to tell my friends if they were going to pick one particular moment in history to engage their political leaders on climate change: THIS is that moment.

Meanwhile~tcktcktck is rocking the world via their dedication to communicating the urgency of the moment: