Hello Copenhagen!

Hopenhagen is the slogan created for COP15 by the Government of Denmark. You basically see it everywhere once you arrive at the airport. There are even COP15 booths where you can get information from the friendly volunteers. This somehow reminds us of Beijing during the Olympics last year :)

The first poster (of course I mean a digital display screen) I saw when I got off the plane was a futuristic picture of Obama in 2020 (obviously a bit older than now, and looking very dismal) saying that we could have stopped climate change but we didn't. There are also other versions of this (eg the Gordon Brown version) which are very eye-catching. Unfortunately I have not taken photos of them, but I guess you'll all have the chance to see them yourselves, or go on their website http://www.hopenhagen.org/ and have a look at what they are doing now.

We were also not surprised to see plenty of advertisements by the alternative energy industry and green enterprises. There was even a contemporary art exhibition themed around climate change.

Here are some photos that our team members have taken today:




A lady carrying a plastic bag with "reuse this, reduce CO2 Emission (or something like that)" said to one of our colleagues, "Enjoy the Summit". :)



(that's Connie Hedegaard staring out from the poster)



The city is prepared for the COP15 (tougher than the Olympics, we think).