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Google and YouTube make UN Climate Change Conference interactive

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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics

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United Nations, New York, 22 September, 2009 - The Government of Denmark had embarked on ground-breaking initiatives aimed at opening up debate to citizens of the world in the lead-up to and during the course of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said today at Headquarters.

At a press conference to launch a collaborative effort by his Government, Google and YouTube, Mr. Rasmussen said the joint initiative formed the basis for the model of cooperation with Google and YouTube, resulting in todays launch of two new state-of-the-art features that sought, through the use of web-based activities and social media, to ensure that peoples voices were transmitted right into the meeting halls in the Danish capital.

The new features, a number of brand new Google Earth layers as well as a new and exciting COP15 (Fifteenth Conference of States Parties) YouTube Channel, would engage as many people as possible worldwide through modern communications platforms, said Mr. Rasmussen, who was accompanied by Klavs Arnoldi Holm, Under-secretary for Public Diplomacy at the Danish Foreign Ministry; Rebecca Moore, Manager of Google Earth Outreach; and Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics at YouTube.

Read the press release: 
http://www.un.org//News/briefings/docs/2009/090922_Interactive.doc.htm

UN Gateway on Climate Change website:
http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/gateway

View the entire Press Conference (Real Media, 20 minutes):
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressconference/2009/pc090922am2.rm

Google/YouTube initiative:
http://www.google.com/cop15

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