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Rajendra K. Pachauri on his expectations for the climate conference

[ensemblevideo contentid=qQHfgbn5VU-5Jz99af0t2A iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how his expectations for COP17 in the areas of REDD, funding, and adaptation have not been met. He explains that if they were met … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on adaptation and capacity building

[ensemblevideo contentid=MQ86DuTKb0CMVlRYVzo4VA iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how adaptation is going to take a lot of involvement at the local level with state and national involvement to ensure capacity is built. … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on climate science and the IPCC

[ensemblevideo contentid=Z2vpfYh7TUK-BiTlkVZrqg iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how the process of intense peer review in IPCC report production, while it slows down the process, is extremely necessary in gaining trust from … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on the role of the host country in climate negotiations

[ensemblevideo contentid=kSw3Sx8BG0C8cOTQMAI-JQ iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses how both the host country and the secretariat run the COP. He voices concern for the level of ambition at the last few COPs … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on the gap between climate change science and policy making

[ensemblevideo contentid=yHkCphAceU6ZnLpxQXDsXw iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explains the steps he believes need to be taken to breach the gap between climate science and the policy being made. First, the science community … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on urgency for climate action

[ensemblevideo contentid=rupd_i2UUUq_dC3zcopHIQ iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses the need for urgency in climate change action. The AR4 report declares that in order to stabilize temperature to between 2-2.4 degrees we must … Continue reading

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Rajendra K. Pachauri on REDD+

[ensemblevideo contentid=yUuLmQh0-0yhQ9H7tiwpIg iframe=false] Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairperson for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses his views of the REDD+ initiative. He claims REDD is important but has a lot of measurement, monitoring and institutional problems. Interviewed by the … Continue reading

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Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on how to adapt to climate change

[ensemblevideo contentid=L7oehHzRYEGK49zfYM2zkw iframe=false] Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses his belief that dealing with climate change locally but with a global understanding is the most efficient way. … Continue reading

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Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s position in the climate negotiations

[ensemblevideo contentid=5Q69xzdUaEqb81O6gt3dTw iframe=false] Mr. Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, Democratic Republic of Congo Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Southern Africa Development Community, discusses what climate change means for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the importance of a second period of the … Continue reading

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Tony Nyong on Africa’s adaptation initiatives

[ensemblevideo contentid=UBgOvqZ_HU6Jg-ZCPAw_6g iframe=false] Dr. Tony Nyong, Principle Climate Change Expert at the African Development Bank, discusses how local communities have been adapting to climate forever, but that adaptation to anthropogenic climate changes needs to come from a variety of sources. … Continue reading

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Abias Huongo on Angola’s position in the climate negotiations

[ensemblevideo contentid=FgZE-Tk5N0Wy6FCjJIZfQA iframe=false] Mr. Abias Huongo of the Angola delegation, founder and president of Angola’s biggest environmental organization Juventude Ecologica d’ Angola, discusses Angola’s interest in a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, long term finance, capacity building and technology … Continue reading

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