The Copenhagen Climate Summit, held from 7th to 18th December 2009, was a milestone in the relationship between democracy and climate change. As government negotiators at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change tried to hammer out a deal, hundreds of events on every conceivable aspect of climate change took place on the margins in meeting spaces around the city.

FDSD’s Halina Ward was in Copenhagen during the Summit, and she took the opportunity to ask a range of people their views on the relationship between democracy and climate change.

You can download and listen to the interviews by clicking on the links below.

We will be incorporating some of the ideas from these interviews into our project on the Future of Democracy in the Face of Climate Change to 2100.

Teresa Fogelberg, Global Reporting Initiative, Netherlands
3minutes, 12seconds; file size: 3.69MB

Professor Dr Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies 
2minutes, 3seconds; file size: 962KB

Baboucarr Mbye, Stay-Green Foundation, Gambia 
1minute, 19seconds; file size: 619KB

Steve, medical student from Leeds, UK 
4minutes, 32seconds; file size: 2.07MB

Hannah Reid, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK 
5minutes, 40seconds; file size: 2.59MB

Marco Baravalle, Venice 
2minutes, 41seconds; file size: 3.10MB

Member, Democratic Alternative, Sweden 
5minutes, 15seconds; file size: 2.40MB

Varaidzo Dongozi, Zimbabwe 
1minute, 52seconds; file size: 877KB

Jody Boehnert, UK 
5minutes, 24seconds; file size: 6.21MB

Bolivian Klimaforum Participant 
4minutes, 45seconds; file size: 5.47MB (NB: Interview recorded in Spanish)