COPENHAGEN CHALLENGE
Game Write-up
Scientists from India, Maldives, Kenya, Denmark and other parts of the world are doing research on the causes of climate change. The research has produced valuable results, and a lot of scientific data has been collected. Recommendations are being prepared which will be published during a UN Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), where the countries of the world are meeting to solve the problem of climate change.
The research will expose fossil fuel as the biggest source of carbon emission. This is not in the interest of the mafia dealing in fossil fuel trade. They do not want the report to be published. For their malicious objectives, the mafia has kidnapped Dr. Kumar – a well-known climate change scientist from India.
You have been assigned the task to rescue Dr. Kumar. Can you help Dr. Kumar get back his valuable research and escape him from the clutches of the dreaded mafia? To accomplish your mission, you need to collect various objects that will help in Dr. Kumar’s escape. In this process, you also need to answer questions related to climate change, energy efficiency and greenhouse gases. Choose your answers correctly as each decision you make will directly affect your mission. A word of warning, if you choose too many incorrect answers, your mission will be unsuccessful and you will need to start the game again.
Instructions
There are 6 levels (scenes) in the game. You need to explore each scene by clicking and moving around from one place to another. Clickable areas are indicated by “Finger-tip”. You can further click on the different objects in that area, which are indicated by “Green-arrow”.
There are various objects and messages hidden in each scene. You need to collect objects which will help in Dr. Kumar’s escape. To collect an object, you need to answer a question on climate change by selecting a right option. You score 20 points each to answer a question correctly. There are 3 lives in the game. Answering a question incorrectly, you loose a life and start afresh in that scene.
There are also a few places in each scene; by clicking on them you get a message on climate change awareness for which you score green points (10 points). You have 20 minutes to complete the game.
COP15
In December 2009, Denmark is hosting the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The climate change conference, also known as COP15, will take place in Copenhagen from 7 to 18th December 2009. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the highest organ in climate negotiations, and it is here all decisions of importance to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are made. All countries that have signed the UNFCCC are represented.
COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009 is crucial for the international climate change negotiations. The parties to the UNFCCC agreed at COP13 in Bali in December 2007 that negotiations on a future agreement have to be concluded at COP15 in Copenhagen. The decision was made on the backdrop to the increased emphasis on the need for swift action made in the latest report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And also the recognition that 2009 will be one of the last chances for an agreement if it is to be approved and ratified prior to the expiry of the commitments set in the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.The Danish government's overarching goal is that COP15 will result in an ambitious global agreement that includes all the countries of the world and which sets ambitious targets for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.
