This Dickinson COP17 Interview Database is a searchable video archive of interviews with delegates to the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP17 brought an estimated 20,000 delegates from 190+ nations to Durban, South Africa from 28 November through 9 December 2011 to discuss strategies for addressing global climate change and negotiate collaborative actions. The delegates included representatives of national and local governments, intergovernmental agencies, and civil society, business, and scientific organizations.