About a month ago, we found ourselves at a seminar held by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, known here in Sweden as Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen.
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is celebrating 100 years of environmental advocacy this year. It is incredible timing considering the UN Climate Summit will be held just next door in Copenhagen, Denmark in December of 2009.
In conjunction with the upcoming climate meeting in Copenhagen, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation is holding a series of seminars titled “Key issues for climate change and Copenhagen 2009.”
Each seminar challenges politicians, scientists, and the average citizen to focus on the environmental issues that are becoming more and more important. The seminars are meant to generate support, ideas, and even passion for these key issues.
The seminar on Monday, May 25th, was titled “Winners and losers: How to maximize opportunities and minimize risks.”
The seminar focused on the differences between what was described as “north” and “south” and the history of international cooperation. Both successes and failures. Speakers from organizations such as SIDA, SNF, and the IBON Foundation spoke of the challenges facing the world today as cooperation becomes more and more necessary to overcome climate change.
Much of the seminar focused on the upcoming UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen and the importance of the summit. The seminar ended with a call to action. A call to all citizens to make demands of their governments, and of the UN, to work together in the quest for a greener climate.
Being a Swedish-based company and being active in Denmark, we at Naty look forward to seeing the decisions made at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen.