United Nations Radio

The United Nations will meet at the intersection of art, science, and technology to help make visual the monumental scale of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere by human activities.

"CO2 Cube"

The CO2 Cubes: Visualize a Tonne of Carbon art exhibit will be unveiled on-site in Copenhagen for the launch of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from December 7th until the 18th. The cube is meant to help citizens from around the globe visualize what 30 billion tons of CO2 that is released into the environment each year might look like. Standing at the equivalent of a three-story building, the installation represents what one ton, what the average person in the developed world emits on a monthly bases, would look like.

Mia Hanak, Executive Director of Millennium ART believes the installation uses the universal language of art to convey the urgency of climate issues.

"One of the challenges is that carbon dioxide emissions are invisible to the human eye and when you can't see the problem, there has to be vehicles to connect people and art actually could evoke emotion and elicit some kind of response."

The installation will also function as a communications platform for the public, utilizing a live portal powered by Google and You Tube where people can virtually take part in the global dialogue, sharing ideas and solutions while they are broadcast in real time onto the cube. Currently, Youtube and Google are already working on opening up Copenhagen to the rest of the world through their Raise Your Voice campaign, where people from all over the globe can broadcast their ideas on climate change.

For United Nations Radio, I'm Chelsea Moore
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