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José Romero on climate science and policy discrepancies

[ensemblevideo contentid=bWtVV_V5dU6KKqXXo9ib8g iframe=false] José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport and a Switzerland national delegate, Communication, and Energy, discusses the gap that exists between the level of emissions that science says we need to stay … Continue reading

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David Cadman on adaptation and sustainable development

[ensemblevideo contentid=eKppb8hANUqFH-wwzRILCQ iframe=false] David Cadman, the president of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, discusses his organizations beliefs that an adaptation panel should be put together with a local representative on the board and that the Kyoto Protocol should continue. … Continue reading

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David Turnbull on key issues in the climate negotiations

[ensemblevideo contentid=KsMJ2tqLfkWl2eVmZLz9iw iframe=false] David Turnbull, Director of CAN International, discusses the key issues of the climate negotiations, namely a second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, long term cooperative action, and climate funding. He claims there is a more masked issue … 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 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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Kristie Ebi on recent IPCC Working Group II report on adaptation

[ensemblevideo contentid=v99wElQlcU-mwpdpWMCYUw iframe=false] Dr. Kristie Ebi, Executive Director of the Technical Support Unit Group II under Working Group II of the International Panel of Climate Change, discusses the recent release of a report, “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and … Continue reading

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