LONDON Oct. 24 （People's Daily Online）—— On Sunday, twelve large blocks of ice, displayed in clock formation, will be shown on Copenhagen’s City Hall Square, Denmark. It is a physical wake-up call by artist Olafur Eliasson and geologist Minik Rosing – “Let’s transform climate knowledge into climate action.”

The artwork will be on view until Wednesday, 29 October.

Olafur Eliasson said: “Ice Watch makes the climate challenges we are facing tangible. I hope that people will touch the inland ice on City Hall Square and be touched by it.”

“We are all part of the ‘global we’; we must all work together to ensure a stable climate for future generations.”

Minik Rosing: “Science and technology have made it possible for us to destabilise Earth’s climate, but now that we understand the mechanisms behind these changes, we have the power to prevent them from growing.”

Ice Watch was conceived to mark the publication of the Fifth Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the event, accompanying its publication, hosted in Copenhagen from 27 to 31 October 2014. The IPCC report is based on scientific research by a global community of scientists and contains assessments of knowledge about climate change and its consequences.

Morten Helveg Petersen, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building said: “Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing have created a work of art with 100 tonnes of inland ice. This number corresponds to the amount of inland ice melting every hundredth of a second. And it will only increase if global warming continues. We can save the ice by burning less coal, conserving electricity, and driving better cars.

Frank Jensen, Mayor of Copenhagen, said: “Ice Watch is an earnest reminder to us all about what is happening right now with the inland ice. I am pleased that Realdania has helped make Ice Watch possible. I see the choice of Copenhagen to host the publication of the UN report on the climate as recognition of the great work we are doing to create a greener and more sustainable city. Cities produce most of the world’s CO2 emissions, so it is important that, like Copenhagen, all cities go green. Copenhagen is leading the way with an ambitious strategy to become carbon neutral by 2025.”