COP-15, Day 11
Today was another day spent at the Crowne Plaza attending Side Events. This is a picture of the Crowne Plaza Hotel after having crossed the street from the nearest metro stop. Yes–it is a picture of the building in Copenhagen in daylight! One benefit of participating in Side Events at the Crowne Plaza is that I don’t have to arrive quite as early as the Bella Center.
Getting around Copenhagen is becoming more and more difficult as Copenhagen tightens down for 119 Heads of State to arrive. Given all the changes in bus routes and security, it is now a prudent strategy to estimate travel by multiplying “normal” by five.
Today was particularly special because I was invited to speak at my second Side Event of COP-15. The title of this Side Event was “Maximizing the Value of GHG Data: Interoperability is Key”, moderated by Jill Gravender of The Climate Registry. Other speakers included Rachael Jonassen of LMI; Jochen Harnisch of ICAP and Nigel Topping of the Carbon Disclosure Project. I enjoyed participating in this Side Event very much. The panel focused on how greenhouse gas data has been shared in the past and how companies and governments might think about new approaches to data transfer and system interoperability in the future. Both panel and audience were interested and motivated as most had gone through significant travel adventures to get there.
While at the Crowne Plaza, I also attended “Ties between Financial & GHG Accounting” which focused on the current ties between greenhouse gas accounting (voluntary or mandatory) and financial accounting, how the two accounting systems interact, and how confidence can be assured that both meet their respective requirements.
It is time to say goodbye to Copenhagen. Today is my last full day here as I start back for Minneapolis, Minnesota tomorrow.
I will write a concluding blog entry on COP-15 soon after I get back.
