So you have seen and heard on TV about the chaos of people trying to get into to COP15, but really what are the issues? Context Registration or Accreditation is managed by the UNFCCC Secretariat directly. The Danish Government nor the Bella center nor MCI were involved in this process The event was planned for [...]
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Mayors from the world’s biggest cities discuss their responsibility in climate change matters. If our teams in MCI Copenhagen were not busy enough with cop15, for the last couple of days they have been providing PCO services for the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayor The City Hall of Copenhagen has seen its fair share of [...]
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It may be crazy outside – but inside the bella center it is peaceful and the energy is much more conducive to work. The ministers are working together in small commitee and in the official sessions. For once the queue at the hotel accomodation desk is quiet and our staff are not too busy. they [...]
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Continuing with their solid sustainable event management leadership, the Danish government has decided tooffset the entire measured emisions of the cop15 climate conference. The UNFCCC secretariat in Bonn has an initial estimate of the overall emissions from COP15 at 40,500 tonnes of CO2. However with the greater number of attendees the figure will be much [...]
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It is an awesome feeling to be at COP15. The energy in the building is electrifying. It is like being at a large soccer game – with that internal buzz or adrenalin rush that you get when the supporters are singing and chanting. Let me explain what is around me at the moment: There are [...]
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Hot off the press! Danish Certification issued today their official report which confirms “The management system used to plan and deliver COP15 conforms to BS 8901:2009″. For sustainable event enthusiasts, this is much welcome news. For those of us with MCI Sustainability Services, who have worked behind the scenes to help document and guide the [...]
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Everyone keeps asking me – so what are you guys doing at COP15. Well here is the text from the official press release: MCI is proud to be a key partner of COP15 by providing professional congress management support and sustainability consulting to the organizers, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MCI Copenhagen is responsible [...]
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