DC metro area event on COP15 next Tuesday, Feb. 16

If you live in the DC metro area (and assuming we don't suffer yet another Snowmageddon next week), here's a great climate-related event you can attend. The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is hosting a free public event on Tuesday, February 16 at 7pm to share international perspectives on the outcomes of the December 2009 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, a.k.a. COP-15.

There is an urgent need to set the record straight on the actual results of the Copenhagen summit, to reinforce the reasons why a UN-based climate process (and agreement) is so critical, and to point to some possible ways forward to a successful UNFCCC outcome in Cancun by the end of 2010. The event’s aim is to bolster support in the United States to ensure that the United Nations remains the main multilateral mechanism for responsible U.S. global engagement on climate change.

The event will be held at the Jewish Community Center Theatre (here's a Google map) and is co-sponsored by International Forum on Globalization, Institute for Policy Studies, Action Aid USA, Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth, and Movement Generation.