Climate Change TV » Mitigation

Chandrashekhar Dasgupta (July 2011)

francesca — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:28:01 +0000

Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Ambassador and Distinguished Fellow for The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) says we urgently need a massive leap in technology and “a transformation of the current energy order”. He discusses the technology needs of developing countries and the current state of play. He identifies what needs to happen in terms of technology transfer and development, saying Annex I countries need to speed up their mitigation.

Vasco de Araújo (June 2011)

francesca — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:42:33 +0000

Vasco de Araújo (June 2011), Deputy Secretary of the Environment for the city of Belo Horizonte, talks about the effects of climate change they are facing already, such as landslides, and how they dealing with them. He talks about deforestation, transport and public engagement across the region, referring to their policy and action on reforestation and bans of plastic bags. ***This interview is in Portuguese and English***

Patrick Hays (June 2011)

francesca — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:33:48 +0000

Patrick Hays, Mayor of North Little Rock in the US, discusses the increases of extreme weather they are facing, particularly in the case of tornadoes. He outlines the preparedness they are engaging in and plans for post storm reconstruction, emphasising importance and nature of communications. He also talks about how they are changing behaviour and engaging the public. He finishes on explaining the wider lifestyle choices and how all these issues, of climate change, health and education, are interlinked.

Hadijatou Jallow (April 2011)

climatechangetv — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:56:38 +0000

Hadijatou Jallow, head of Environmental Protection Agency in Sierra Leone says how there is a lot of grey areas, but that there is commitment to work to an agreement. She explains her country’s interests in adaptation and what they are doing on climate change. She hopes there is a legally binding outcome which big emitters would eventually come on board.

Andrej Kranjc (April 2011)

climatechangetv — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:23:26 +0000

Head of the Slovenian delegation, Andrej Kranjc, explains how they are looking for a balanced agenda for mitigation for both developed and developing countries. He discusses how we should be using the Bali Action Plan as well as the Cancun Agreements and says they are in favour of moving to higher targets (30%).

Marlene Moses (December 2010)

francesca — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 22:30:27 +0000

Marlene Moses, Nauru’s Ambassador to the US, says they are looking for action. She explains how developed countries need to listen to what the small islands states are facing, in terms of survival and sovereignty. She finishes on saying how they can’t “live on hope alone”.

Ik Kyo Chung and Lee Jin Ae (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:58:25 +0000

Ik Kyo Chung, Pusan National University, Korea, and Lee Jin Ae, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Inje University of Korea discuss seaweed and kelp forests. Blue Carbon promises adaptation and mitigation measures against global warming. The Korean project ‘GHG Emissions Reduction Using Seaweeds’ has been ongoing since 2006.

Axumite Gebre-Egziabhr (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:42:07 +0000

Axumite Gebre-Egziabhr, Director, UNHABITAT talks about how cities both contribute to climate change and are affected by its impacts. However, the degree to which any city’s emissions contribute to climate change is not necessarily matched by the range and severity of impacts. Both adaptation and mitigation strategies in urban areas require new and improved infrastructure and basic services.

Grain MaLunga (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:37:29 +0000

Grain MaLunga, Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, Malawi talks about the urgency for adaptation, mitigation and advocacy.

Pat Finnegan (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:10:54 +0000

Pat Finnegan, from Grian, catches up with Climate Change TV. He eplains how shifting the dominant thinking of the last 10 years, that mitigation is a burden to be avoided at all costs, and recasting it into the idea that well-designed and programmatic decarbonisation offers major net national benefits for employment, manufacturing and GDP. The question hanging over Cancun is whether the US as a whole is ready for this yet.