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Shanghai EXPO - Nobel Prize winner talks on climate change (07/03/2010) The chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri delivered a speech on the global climate change in Broad Pavilion this afternoon. Pachauri shared the latest discovery on climate change, the progress achieved by global negotiation and how to restart the currently frozen response to climate change. He said to solve the problem, it is not only the responsibility of governments, but also requires the participation of industries and individuals. He blames the current climate change, including the increase of temperature, rain and tropical storms, on human activity. Pachauri also discussed cost-effective measures to help prevent climate change. The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental body tasked with evaluating the risk of climate change caused by human activity. The panel was established in 1988 and now has more than 2,000 leading experts around the world. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President of the United States Al Gore. Broad Pavilion in Zone E of the Expo Site gets its design idea from the DNA sculpture. The pavilion intends to “looking for the direction of seven billion people.” Inside the pavilion is a unique earthquake simulate device which can imitate the strength, direction and length of the Wenchuan and the Yushu earthquake. Earthquake Experience Room is to show attendees the signs and results of earthquakes and increase earthquake resistance design experience for architects.
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