On the afternoon of January 4, Professor Zheng Baowei，the Director of the Centre，met with Marco TulioS.Caral, the First Secretary of the BrazilianEmbassy in China and the Director of the Departments of Environment, Energy, Science & Technology and Aviation. The two sides exchanged views oncooperation in the research field of climate change and climate communication. Marco said that in June, the UN Climate Change Conference would be held inRio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, and he would provide necessary assistancefor China’s participation in related activities.

During the meeting, Professor Zheng Baowei presented to Marco his newly published book  The Theory and Practice of Climate Change Communication—A Study of Communication Strategies on the Issue of Climate Change (Chinese-English Bilingual version) . Marco said this was a valuable book devoted to climate change communication.