Environmental Education Media Project

New documentary airing globally on BBC World to premiere at COP15

[WASHINGTON, DC] Forty-five organizations in 19 nations are hosting facilitated discussions and screenings of a new film that is airing globally on BBC World, and will be screened at the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.  “Hope in a Changing Climate” will premiere at COP15 on the evening of December 17 at the Copenhagen Museum of Natural History, beginning at 18:15.  Filmed on location in China, Ethiopia and Rwanda, the documentary tells the story of how large-scale ecosystem restoration can stabilize our changing climate, reduce poverty and make sustainable agriculture a reality.

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High-level meeting at Downing Street, with PM and EU ministers, focuses on forests and climate

WASHINGTON, DC (November 26) — As “end of the pipe” solutions for controlling global emissions of greenhouse gases seem ever more elusive, top-level political leaders in the ramp-up to COP15 are focusing greater attention on forests and ecosystems as keys to addressing climate change.  Beginning with a small gathering at Number 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday (Nov. 25) evening, in events organized by IUCN and the Government of the United Kingdom, in support of The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, Ministers from the UK, Sweden, and Norway and leading global forestry figures have been examining the benefits of forest and ecosystem restoration.

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BBC World Programme Highlights: Hope in a Changing Climate

As nations prepare for the COP15 climate change summit in December, a new film to air on BBC World reframes the global warming debate, asserting that large-scale ecosystem restoration holds the key not only to stabilizing the earth's climate, but also to eradicating poverty and making sustainable agriculture a reality.

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The Center for Climate and Society at George Mason University today announced the appointment of two new research faculty members, as well as a pending affiliation with the Environmental Media Education Project's (EEMP) Campaign for Climate Stability, Ecosystem Restoration, and Poverty Eradication.

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