For one member of a team from Chapman University, the first impression of a climate summit in Copenhagen was one of human diversity. 
“Delegates from 192 countries are here, and the place looks like a mini-United Nations, with folks in saris, robes, Native American garb and all sorts of national headgear mingling with the business suits,” wrote Mary Platt, communications director for Chapman who is attending the climate summit with six professors. The group is keeping a blog of their experiences.
The team’s first full day at the conference, Platt reported Monday, included listening to a presentation from one of the professors, Menas Kafatos, who was a panelist at a side event held by the Korea Green Foundation. Kafatos is Chapman’s vice chancellor for special projects and dean of Chapman’s Schmid College of Science.
The decision, called an “endangerment finding,” reverses Bush administration policy and opens the door to increased government regulation of emissions believed to contribute to global warming, mainly carbon dioxide. 
