Climate Change TV » Politics

Duncan Marsh (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:09:56 +0000

Duncan Marsh, from The Nature Conservancy, considers forestry and adaptation. He explains how rules for REDD for developed countries may not be the same for developing countries. He touches on the oppotunity to use insurance in adaptation measures. He also alludes to the in-fighting last week, and speculates on why this happened.

Socorro Flores (June 2011)

francesca — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:01:49 +0000

Socorro Flores, from the Mexican Government, talks about the difficulties over the Work Programme last week and the time the negotiations have lost. She says we’re now moving passed “this defensiveness and overreaction” and “engaging in substantive work”. She says that Mexico has a duty to implement what they have agreed and outlines what success in Durban would look like.

Herbert Bautista (June 2011)

francesca — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:29:51 +0000

Herbert Bautista, Mayor of Quezon City in the Philippines, discusses the importance of local government in adaptation. He refers to current initiatives in Quezon, for example energy efficient, sustainable building, and the climate change impacts they face, such as migration from the coastal cities.

Marko Pavic (May 2011)

francesca — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:22:29 +0000

Marko Pavic, Project Manager for the Association for Protection of Croatian Sea and Waters, explains his interest in renewable energy and policy, expressing his delight with the programme to date. He talks about how climate change is a bipartisan issue between the Republics and Democrats, comparing it to the European conviction that global warming is anthropogenic.

Alfonso Blanco (May 2011)

francesca — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:55:46 +0000

Alfonso Blanco, Industrial Mechanic Engineer and Director, World Bank Energy Efficiency Project, explains why he is on the International Visitor Leadership Program. He says the focus of this programme is on energy and climate change and discusses the opportunities for learning about what the US is doing about this. He talks about Uruguay’s position on fossil fuels and their interest in renewable energy.

Carlos Carreiras

climatechangetv — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:31:26 +0000

***This interview is in Portuguese and has subtitles***

Carlos Carreiras, Presidente da Câmara de Cascais, fala com a ‘Climate Change TV’ sobre o trabalho que o município vem fazendo no combate às alterações climáticas e a protecção do ambiente. Ele discute o turismo sustentável, as parcerias internacionais que assinaram, incluindo o ‘EU Covenant of Mayors’, e os impactos das mudanças climáticas nas regiões sul da Europa . Ele também explora a natureza da decisão política e a influência na geração mais jovem.

Carlos Carreiras, Mayor of Cascais, talks to Climate Change TV about the work the municipality has being doing in tackling climate change and protecting the environment. He discusses sustainable tourism, the international partnerships they have signed up to, including the EU Covenant of Mayors, and impacts of climate change that regions in southern Europe face. He also explores the nature of policy making and the influence the younger generation has.

Katharine Eaton (December 2010)

francesca — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:22:56 +0000

Katharine Eaton, from the Earth Journalism Network, explains how this was developed to empower journalists from developing countries in environmental reporting. She explains how they don’t always have the editorial or financial support to cover conferences like Cancun, and thus hold governments to account and inform their public. At Copenhagen, out of 4,000 journalists, the Earth Journalism Network was responsible for bringing the only media representative from Pakistan.

Lili Fuhr (December 2010)

francesca — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:23:55 +0000

Lili Fuhr, Head of Ecology and Sustainable Development Department, Heinrich Böll Foundation tells us how the Foundation is working with partners around the world on the link between extractive industries and climate politics – from tar sands, uranium and coal to strategic minerals for Green technologies – thereby bridging the demand and supply side of the global transformation.

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.

John Prescott (December 2010)

francesca — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:59:23 +0000

John Prescott, British Delegation, Council of Europe, looks at his experience of the climate change negotiations and mentions the increased number of participants, and what happened at Copenhagen. He says that the spirit in Cancun is to move on from Copenhagen, but being more practical.