Klimaat Geschreven op 17-11-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Polar Cap Productions are pleased to announce the COP16 screenings of Mark Terry’s new climate change documentary The Polar Explorer. Screenings will take place at the Cancunmesse Exhibition Centre and other venues in Cancun throughout the conference.

The documentary reports on new scientific discoveries made at both poles – the Arctic and the Antarctic. Expeditions made by the British Antarctic Survey and ArcticNet were filmed in October and November this year to provide the most current findings. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said: “The speed at which the polar regions are melting needs to be reflected in the speed with which nations come to agree on a decisive and definitive new global climate agreement. While the science is speaking loudly, it is often difficult for millions if not billions of people to witness this with their own eyes.”

“This is the value of the film The Polar Explorer ,” Mr. Steiner added, “seen through the eyes of the scientists on the front-line, it brings the climate impacts at the poles to audiences in the conference halls of Cancun and the computers of the global public in order to raise the alarm but also the imperative to act”.

Renewing their partnership first made for the presentation of PCP’s film The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning for COP15 in Copenhagen last year, the UNEP and PCP have once again joined forces to present The Polar Explorer at this year’s Climate Conference to be held in Cancun November 29 to December 10, 2010.

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