ARCHIVE: GLOBAL WARMING: DOES IT MATTER?

Things Unseen

English - December 15, 2011 17:42 - 19 minutes - 12 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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GLOBAL WARMING: DOES IT MATTER?

The clash between reducing emissions and development.

A climate summit in Durban has ended with agreement to bring down carbon emissions to save the planet.
A deadline of 2020 could yet prove a cop-out. But do we need to be so concerned about emissions? Is fear of global warming holding back much-needed development?
Emma Barnett interrogates George Monbiot, environmental activist, and Claire Fox, director of the British think-tank, the Institute of Ideas.