"The University of Copenhagen is hosting this congrees to prepare the ground for COP15 in November - December 2009. The congress is organized in cooperation with the International Alliance of Research Universities, an alliance of ten of the world's leading universities including: Australian National University, ETH Zurich, National University of Singapore, Peking University, University of California (Berkeley), University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, University of Tokyo, Yale University.

The congress will bring together scientists and policy makers from all over the world to create an update on the science of climate change and what we can do about it. The purpose of the congress is to try and capture some of the enormous research energy currently being devoted to the elucidation, mitigation and adaptation to climate change.

Plenary speakers include:

• Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC
• Lord Stern, London School og Economics
• José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark - host of the United Nations Climate Conference, COP15

Find out more from our flyer, preliminary programme or the Climate Congress website.

Register now."