Latest update: 13/08/2010 

- China - climate change - India - Russia


Climate change: in the eye of the storm

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In Pakistan, the worst floods in 80 years have killed more than 1 600 people, meanwhile Russia has been baking in Sahara-like temperatures, with hundreds dying in the heatwave every day and wild fires destroying huge areas of land. And in China torrential rains have triggered lethal mudslides. Is global warming to blame for these extremes?

  • Michel PETIT, Former IPCC vice-president
  • Ben CRAMER, Vice-President, French association of journalists covering the environment
  • Craig BENNETT, Deputy Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
  • Ghassam ASRAR, Director, World Climate Research Programme, WMO
  • Nigel LAWSON, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation

Programme prepared by Narimene Laouadi and Yi Song.

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