This week in Copenhagen the 15th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) will be broadcast on the web.
The COP15 website states, “all official meetings and press conferences will be available live and on-demand in original languages and in English translation.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark even made a Facebook page for the event. The updates include a countdown to the conference and statements encouraging “fans” to watch the opening ceremonies.
So far, the COP15 twitter account, it has over 10,000 and 1,370 “tweets,” or updates.
The United Nations is utilizing the Internet at a great capacity, even hosting blogs, calendars, and a page for factual information in seven different languages.
However, technical advances have also lead to complications. Fox News reports that last week, e-mails leeks allegedly exposed some scientists who were “manipulating data on climate change.”
Although these leeks may have changed the political discussion, social networks continue to reach the world’s citizens.
Efforts like these show how countries and international groups effectively use social media to communicate.
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