“The Road to Copenhagen: Seal the Deal!”- A Six-Part Television Series

 "We look to the December climate negotiations in Copenhagen to seal a deal that will enable us to pursue climate action on all fronts. A deal that covers adaptation, mitigation and the deployment of clean technologies. A deal that will reverse deforestation." Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations.

Background

The first United Nations Climate Conference, COP1, was held in Berlin in 1995 to address the growing issue of greenhouse gas emissions. Two years later, at COP3 in Japan, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. For the first time the protocol introduced binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions in 37 industrialized countries from 2008 to 2012. The most significant global climate conference since 1997 will be COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.

At COP15 in Copenhagen countries, companies, NGOs and other global stakeholders will negotiate a new and more comprehensive agreement to supersede the Kyoto Protocol, one that ‘will enable us to pursue climate action on all fronts'.

About the series

Building on the success of Responsible Business Television ( www.responsiblebusiness.com ), a series broadcast worldwide on CNBC and other networks, ‘The Road to Copenhagen: Seal the Deal' will go to air during the six week lead up to the opening of COP15. The series of 6 x 30-minute episodes will focus on what companies, NGO's and governments are already doing in the global fight against climate change, and what still needs to be done to ‘Seal the Deal' in Copenhagen. Stories will focus on the efforts of business, in partnership with other stakeholders, to reduce emissions, increase resource efficiency, invest in ‘natural' infrastructure and adopt new, cleaner technologies.

‘The Road to Copenhagen: Seal the Deal' television series is produced by Global Initiatives in partnership with UNEP, the Climate Consortium and Back 2 Back Productions.  

Broadcast

October – December 2009 - CNBC Europe and CNBC Asia Pacific

Benefits / Opportunities for partnership

Partners in the television series will receive;

• One six-minute story and or CEO interview filmed in up to two international locations.
• Screening at COP15 in Copenhagen
• Use of the filmed story for internal & external communication purposes
• Filmed stories will be streamed on the UN ‘Seal the Deal' website, UNEP website and Regency website
• Filmed stories will also be posted on YouTube to allow viewers to revisit all the programs
• Hyperlink to the partner's website
• Subject to prior approval and governing terms on use of logos, partner may state  “A Road to Copenhagen: Seal the Deal Series Partner” on the company's website
• A press release drafted and distributed by partner to announce its participation in ‘The Road to Copenhagen: Seal the Deal' Series, subject to final approval of the text by the relevant UN agencies

For further info contact Spencer at spencerb@regency.org