Arctic Venue at COP 15
A unique opportunity to learn more about the Arctic climate
The upcoming COP 15 in Copenhagen in December is a unique opportunity to present the dramatic changes in the Arctic climate to the rest of the world.
The so called Arctic Venue will take place at The North Atlantic Quay in Copenhagen from the 12th to the 18th December. Here you can meet the Arctic Council in a booth where new knowledge and findings from Arctic cooperation in the Arctic Council, and other Arctic stakeholders will be presented. It will be covering natural science, social science and cultural approaches to climate change and relate to local, regional and global perspectives.
The presentations inside and around the buildings may include exhibitions, booths, posters, lectures and debates or panel discussions, films, presentation of scientific equipment, sculptures, cultural items, television spots, experiments, technology solutions, interactive activities illustrating daily life in the Arctic, Arctic food and more.
The North Atlantic Quay presents an ideal venue for a joint and high impact presentation of the knowledge of Arctic climate change. For more than 200 years this building was the departure point for numerous Arctic expeditions. The historic buildings are prominently located at the harbour front in the centre of Copenhagen and are visible from all over the central harbour. Here you will find a variety of exhibition facilities, the embassies of the North Atlantic countries Iceland, Greenland and Faroe Islands and the world famous Nordic gourmet restaurant Noma.
During COP 15 the North Atlantic Quay will also be hosting several other Arctic oriented climate information initiatives. The main building will be wrapped up as an iceberg, eye-catching from distance. Symbolizing the fact that the climatic changes in the Arctic region is only the tip of the iceberg, this grand installation designed by Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh raises on the harbor front and gives a spectacular reminder of the beauty of the Arctic and Earth's fragility. The tip of the iceberg is 21 m high and approximately 4000 m3. A real iceberg with at visible tip of this size would then have a volume of 36000 m3 going almost 200 m under ground level.
The exhibition will be open every day from 12th to 18th December, from12.00 to 18.00.