Political & Advocacy
Climate Blue began as the blog of the University of Michigan’s delegation to the 15th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP 15) in Copenhagen in December, 2009. Today, we reach a collection of students, professors, business people, non-governmental professionals, and public servants from across the United States.Our mission is to unite, educate, and empower our members as well as U-M students and Michigan citizens by sharing the most up-to-date information about climate change science, policy (both domestic and international), and its impacts on our community. We are uniquely tied to the Conference of the Parties sending the official University of Michigan delegation each year, made up of students and faculty. Since the Conference of the Parties is the most prominent international meeting on climate change mitigation and adaptation, our delegation and organization take the responsibility to bring the global community’s action steps back to Michigan.We do this, first, through our internet presence with our own website, blog, e-mail listserv, Facebook, and Twitter in which the public is directly tied to our delegation’s voices on the ground of the conference. Second, we plan and run symposia to summarize the events of the conference for our community, bring together experts in the field to answer questions, and highlight opportunities for interested citizens to get involved. We are currently conducting research on opportunities for conferences like COP to reach carbon neutrality. Third, we run outreach events that aim to prepare students who could become tomorrow’s delegation but more importantly, agents of change in our local community toward a climate-friendly future.Our full website can be found at http://climateblue.org
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