Sunday was a day off for most of the COP. There were no plenaries or side events scheduled that I knew of. I'm sure key negotiators were busy trying to hammer out an agreement, and I know that many in the NGO community were working on strategy as well. For the rest of us, it was an opportunity to catch up on some sleep (and for me, to do some laundry) and explore Copenhagen for the first time.
Here are some photos from my day:
LEFT: A pink globe pig outside the Kongens Nytorv metro station. Not sure what the artist was trying to say with this.
RIGHT: The "Hopenhagen" pedicab. In the back is Knauss Sea Grant Fellow Elia Herman, who also works on the Hill.
LEFT: A "screaming" ball. RIGHT: The Nyhavn channel. Down the left side is a row of stalls for the Christmas market.
LEFT: World Wildlife Fund's "Melting Polar Bear" exhibit. When the COP started, this was an ice sculpture of a polar bear. The melting accelerated somewhat earlier this week when it rained.
RIGHT: A few climate exhibits from international Scouting organizations. The orange ball on the right represents the volume of 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide.
LEFT: On the Stroget, Copenhagen's pedestrial mall/shopping strip.
RIGHT: I'll just let the picture speak for itself...
BOTH: At the "Hopenhagen" pavilion next to Copenhagen Town Hall. Siemens and OSRAM have an LED Christmas tree that people light up by riding bicycles.
LEFT: Outside the Oddfellows Palaeet, headed into a reception hosted by "Wind Energy Works".
RIGHT: Yes, those are full-size Star Wars characters made from LEGOs.
Posted By: Thomas Lee @ 11:20 PM |