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In a year-long course on climate change, policy, and international negotiations, members of the K2C Research Team have prepared for a team research project on COP15 participants' perceptions and values around common but differentiated responsibilities.


In December, while attending COP-15, the K2C Research Team is meeting with representatives of government delegations, UN agencies, and civil society, business, and scientific organizations, attend official negotiating sessions, and attend panel sessions and other events that are associated with the conference to conduct their research. The team will conduct interviews with parties to the negotiations, videotape and audiotape the interviews, and administer surveys to participants at the conference. Intensive public outreach via podcasts, Twitter, short videos, and blogging, and press releases will provide open access to our educational experience.

Visit the POPCOP15 website to find out more about participating (even from afar!) in their research project in conjunction with Ithaca College.



Preparation has included attaining general literacy about climate change and developing expert knowledge about the international climate negotiations – the process, key issues, objectives of selected parties, their positions on key issues, and the different/shared circumstances that influence their positions.

Team members received instruction and experience in qualitative research methods, interviewing techniques, and technical skills for using video and audio equipment, as well as blogging and social media technologies for communicating about the negotiations and the research project.


In spring semester, the research team will reflect on its observations of the conference, analyze the interview and survey data, synthesize findings, and communicate results of the research through a conference paper, project website, and video documentary.