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Video from CNN – on the ground at COP15 and Fareed Zakaria on ‘global warming insurance’
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Here are two segments from CNN relating to the issue of climate change and the conference in Copenhagen. The first is a brief video news report which gives a glimpse into the atmosphere inside the Bella Centre at the UN climate summit. Crowded with government and industry representatives, media, NGOs and activists, there are plenty of theatrics and even more suits and ties among the crowd of 15,000. The physical differences between the official areas of the United States and European Union when compared with those of the developing world are representative of the prevailing cleavages and contrasts we’ve been hearing about in reports surrounding the summit. Let’s hope that those with the power can overcome their sharp divisions and hammer out something positive in Copenhagen by the end of the week.
Next we have a commentary by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on the practicality of listening to scientists’ recommendations when it comes to climate change. Regardless about how sure we may personally feel about the certainty of climate change science, Zakaria argues that it would be wise to act on it in order to avoid possible disasters. Besides playing it safe with regards to climate change, such action would be good for future economies as well as the health of the environment.
By Graham Land
Tags: climate change, climate summit, CNN, cop15, copenhagen, Fareed Zakaria, global warming, summit, Zakaria
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