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“Please help the world” – Copenhagen opening film
Image from the video clip "Please help the world" (source: COP15 youtube channel)
The UNFCCC opened on December 7th, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark with a moving four minute film featuring a girl who has a nightmare about natural disasters brought on by climate change. “We have made a film which speaks to the heart rather than to the brain,” says the Danish director of the film Mikkel Blaabjerg Poulsen (from the COP15 blog).
Watch the film below and see what you think – or feel – for yourself. I dare you not to get a little misty-eyed.
“Please Help the World”, film from the opening ceremony of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15) in Copenhagen from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Shown on December 7, 2009 at COP15.
Please help the world – COP15 opening film
By Graham Land
Additional resources:
COP15 YouTube channel
Tags: climate change, cop15, copenhagen, opening film, Please help the world
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