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HURRY IN Sale ends Nov. 27 Flooring Area Rugs Paint Window Coverings Janitorial Supplies interior design headquarters By CRAIG GILBERT Research taking place in Albertas oilsands has made it into a cool new tool designed for policy makers at the Conference of the Parties COP21 climate conference in Paris. Video vignettes proling climate-related research around the globe including a hand- ful from northern Alberta and Nunavut will be at the ngertips of world leaders hoping to have a new universally signed international agreement on climate law. Canadian lmmaker Mark Terry has built trust with the people working on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeUNFCCCandwithmembersofthesci- entic community for the past six years. Every year since 2009 he has created a 45-minute documentary summarizing climate research highlights of the past year for COP attendees. This year a new GIS-based tool Googles Fusion has allowed Terry to build a mul- tilinear documentary with more than 50 of those vignettes pinned to the location where the research takes place on a Google map of the globe. Past COP attendees have only seen a fraction of what is available in the documentary. The great thing is it allows the policymak- ers to have a 10000-foot view of climate re- search across the world Terry said. They can see patterns we might not be able to see due to the proximity of space and place of these little red dots and the video report contained within each one. The UN is quite excited about this because instead of the cherry-picked in- formation thats in the documentary which merely supplements the written text that the policy makers frankly have difculty understanding because theyre written by scientists the map gives them the opportu- nity to see 50 videos instead of maybe 10. The Youth Climate Report Video Map is posted on the websites of the UNFCCC and the United Nations Environmental Programme UNEP. Each of the videos features a student interviewing a scientist about their research either in the eld or at their ofce. Im quite excited because of the enthu- siasm of the UN Terry said. When I told them I was thinking about doing it there was a long pause then they said this will be great were going to have a lot more data available via video which is the medium they keep telling me they prefer. Between the three of us we have this new medium that the policy makers tend to gravitate to under control. Nick Nuttall spokesperson for UNFCCC said there is a great need to highlight the latest climate research and what youth in- volvement has taken place. The fact that youth those who are among the least responsible for climate change and most affected by it are presenting this re- search makes it even more compelling he said. And the new map makes it easier than ever to explore the data. I encourage all lead- ers and global citizens to take a look. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Environ- ment Minister Catherine McKenna and eight premiers will be at COP21 including Rachel Notley who just introduced Albertas climate change strategy. According to her itinerary Notley will meet with Canadas ambassa- dor to France the CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association ofcials of the World Economic Forum and represen- tatives of Air Liquide. Albertas continued economic growth and accesstonewmarketsgoeshand-in-handwith improvingourinternationalreputationbytak- ing meaningful action on climate change she said in a release. This is why I will be bring- ing our new Climate Leadership Plan forward at COP21. This is an important opportunity to show the international community exactly how Alberta is doing its part. AlbertaEnvironmentMinisterShannonPhil- lips expects to attend the sub-national confer- ence the week after from Dec. 4-10. The cost for Notley and Phillips four political staff four publicservantsandthreeprotectionunitmem- bersisabout80000includingcarbonoffsets purchased for each member of the delegation. Our new strategy sets out a clear plan to transition from coal to renewable electricity sources puts a price on carbon and sets emis- sions limits for the oilsands she said. I will highlight these actions in my meetings with international leaders and I look forward to hearing their perspective on Albertas plan. Each red dot on the map represents a video interview with a climate scientist. Alberta Nunavut research to be featured at COP21 Dozens of videos posted at unep.orgclimatechange PhotoscourtesyofMarkTerry Green Party Leader Elizabeth May with Canadian lmmaker Mark Terry.