OneClimate is a nonprofit internet climate news, social activism and social networking site, and part of internet portal uk.OneWorld.net. It received international media attention during the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference

2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at the Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua, in Bali, Indonesia, between December 3 and December 15, 2007 . Representatives from over 180 countries attended, together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental...

 for its 'Virtual Bali' initiative, and also during the COP15 event in Copenhagen.

OneClimate was founded by Anuradha Vittachi, who also co-founded OneWorld.netand also Peter Armstrong.

In December 2007, Ed Markey

Ed Markey

Edward John "Ed" Markey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1976. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Boston's northern and western suburbs, such as Medford and Framingham. Markey is the Dean of both the Massachusetts and New England House delegations...

 became the first US politician to utilize the medium of Second Life

Second Life

Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...

, through which he addressed the delegates of the UNFCCC in Bali

Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

 as part of OneClimate's Virtual Bali event. It was estimated that the carbon dioxide saved in not flying Rep. Markey to Bali was around 5.5 tonness.

The following year OneClimate ran Virtual Poznan

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

 in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 for COP14. Notable speakers included Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Yvo de Boer

Yvo de Boer

Yvo de Boer was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 4 September 2006 to 1 July 2010...

 and The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid is a 2009 British film by Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel and Drowned Out, and founder of 10:10, and first-time producer Lizzie Gillett...

 Director, Franny Armstrong

Franny Armstrong

Franny Armstrong is a British documentary film director working for her own company, Spanner Films, and a former drummer with indie pop group The Band of Holy Joy...

. The event was broadcast each evening on the OneClimate website as well as in Second Life

Second Life

Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...

.

In May 2010, The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

 also named OneClimate as one of the 50 key people to follow on Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

.

OneClimate will be broadcasting live via justin.tv

Justin.tv

Justin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...

 from the United National Climate Talks, COP17 in Durban in November and December 2011

External links

• Live Video and Chat Coverage of The United National Climate Conference, COP17 by OneClimate
• OneClimate
• http://www.twitter.com/OneClimateOneClimate on Twitter
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News

• http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/12/11/the-virtue-in-being-virtual-in-bali/ Article about the Virtual Bali Event organised by OneClimate.
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121000897.html Washington Post article on OneClimate
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2007/dec/07/virtual Article on Guardian Environment
• http://www.ghfp.org/whatwedo/projectsupport/oneclimate/tabid/110/Default.aspx Guerrand-Hermes Foundation for Peace
• http://www.comminit.com/en/node/269221 Piece on The Communication Initiative Network Website