Climate Champions from the HSBC Climate Partnership have joined Earthwatch at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún, Mexico.

The five Climate Champions have been talking to visitors at the conference, which runs from 29 November to 10 December 2010, about the work of the HSBC Climate Partnership, their role as ‘citizen scientists’ and the sustainability projects they have led since returning from the field.

The two-week UN summit sees delegates continuing to work towards an international climate deal, and encompasses the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP).


Earthwatch Head of Climate Change Research, Dr Dan Bebber and the five Climate Champions at COP 16 in Cancun

The Earthwatch team in Cancún is led by Earthwatch’s Head of Climate Change Research, Dr Dan Bebber. Speaking from the conference, Dan said; “We want to promote what we do here to show people that science is not a separate and different thing, it’s something we all need to understand and get involved with.”

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Dr. Dan Bebber talks to ClimateChange.tv at COP16 in Mexico

Visitors to the Earthwatch stand will hear first-hand about the work of the HSBC Climate Partnership and will be able to watch a presentation about Climate Champions' research work at Curitiba in Brazil.

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