Nature is holding a series of events on Second Life to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, from 3 to 14 December. Second Nature is hosting talks by a range of speakers including Dr Simon Buckle, Director of Climate Change Policy at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change ; Dr Tara LaForce, Imperial College on her research on carbon capture and storage; Professor Euan Nisbet of Royal Holloway College London; and George Monbiot, Guardian columnist and author of the book Heat: How to stop the planet burning. All events are free, open to all, and will be held on our flagship Second Nature island: further details are available from Joanna Scott’s Second Life blog on Nature Network.

Nature’s archipelago of three virtual islands in Second Life, dubbed Second Nature, was established in November 2006. The islands are now covered in exhibits from scientists who have borrowed land on Second Nature to trial virtual collaboration. NPG is now focusing Second Life as a venue for events, and has been hosting a series of weekly talks since September 2007 — see this round-up of previous Nautilus posts for some examples. Further events are planned for 2008, and will be announced on Joanna’s blog on Nature Network.