Overview of Copenhagen
In December 2009, representatives from all around the world will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the next major meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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In Copenhagen, the parties will seek to negotiate an agreement on targets for reducing CO2 emissions and deforestation. To learn more, go to Background on Copenhagen.The initial version of the Climate Collaboratorium gives everyone a chance to put forward their ideas about what the world should agree to in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen challenge
The Collaboratorium has been created in the belief that if the collective intelligence of the whole world can be harnessed, it will lead to the development of better solutions to climate change that any group of experts could arrive at on their own.
The Collaboratorium community seeks to have contributors develop a plan that at least 500 people have worked on. And we intend to bring this plan to the Copenhagen meeting.initial version of the Climate Collaboratorium gives everyone a chance to put forward their ideas about what the world should agree to in Copenhagen.
The Copenhagen challenge is a contest that seeks to focus the efforts of the Collaboratorium community on the development of high quality plans that outline what the negotiators should agree to at the meetings in December.
How the contest works
The contest will have two rounds:
- Preliminary round, September 20 to November 15
- The 3 plans with the most votes as of 11:59 pm Eastern time on Sunday, November 15 will be named preliminary round winners.
- The creators of semi-final round winning plans will have their names and pictures posted on the Collaboratorium home page, and their status as preliminary round winners will be highlighted on their profiles (user profiles will be available soon!)
- Final round, November 16 to November 30
- After the preliminary round, all the votes will be reset.
- The top three plans from the seminfinal round will be noted as semifinal winners on those plans' "Description" page
- Plan creators will be able to modify existing plans and create new plans, starting on November 16
- The 3 plans with the most votes between 12.01 am Eastern time on Monday, November 16 and 11:59 pm Eastern time on Monday, November 30 will be named final round winners.
- The creators of final round winning plans will have their names and pictures posted on the Collaboratorium home page, and their status as preliminary round winners will be highlighted on their profiles (user profiles will be available soon!)
- In addition, the creator of the plan with the most votes plan in the final round will receive a professional home energy audit, compliments of the Collaboratorium community.
How you can participate
Even if you are not an expert on climate change, there are many ways you can participate and make a difference.
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