Press Release – Science Media Centre

Week one of the COP15 climate change talks passed in a blur of press conference and closed door meetings while the airing of the Danish text revealed the extent of the work ahead of diplomatics in coming up with a Kyoto successor that will appeal to …Shaky start for Copenhagen

Week one of the COP15 climate change talks passed in a blur of press conference and closed door meetings while the airing of the Danish text revealed the extent of the work ahead of diplomatics in coming up with a Kyoto successor that will appeal to developing countries.

Meanwhile, the tiny island nation of Tuvalu came to symbolise the plight of those countries that will be hit first and worst by the effects of climate change and New Zealand collected a dubious honour.

New Zealand’s presence at COP15 has been low-key so far. That will change slightly next week as the New Zealand delegation gets an opportunity to address the conference and Prime Minister John Key arrives.

The SMC is providing daily updates on events at Copenhagen. Contact the SMC to be put on the distribution list.

NZ media on the case

The Press reporter David Williams is filing stories across the Fairfax network and featuring on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report. He’s also blogging here. TV3′s Samantha Hayes is en route to Copenhagen and TV3 has set up a COP15 coverage centre with links to a blog and Twitter feed from Hayes. The New Zealand Herald’s Eloise Gibson is also on her way to COP15 and the Herald has a climate change section set up here.

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