10 videos tagged green legislation
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Kaarin Taipale
What will sustainable cities look like? (Part 2)
Kaarin Taipale continues to speak to the subject of local democracy in the urban context. She talks about the pressing need to develop cleaner public transport systems. She gives…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Bill Joy
Is the cost of fighting climate change too expensive?
Speaking as an investor, Bill Joy believes that it is entirely possible to limit carbon emissions by means of financial incentives. The key is to pay people not to emit. For industry,…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
Nicholas Dunlop
What is the ‘e-parliament’ initiative?
Nicholas Dunlop describes how e-parliament works and why it is a much needed initiative. E-parliament is a global forum connecting 130 of the world’s democratically elected…
Recorded: 20 May 2006
Nicholas Dunlop
How can national parliaments best work together?
Dunlop maintains that there is a pressing need for better international response to challenges of the 21st Century such as climate change and AIDS. Old procedures for negotiating…
Recorded: 20 May 2006
Tim Flannery
Does carbon trading work?
Tim Flannery observes that it is still too early to tell how effective carbon trading will prove to be. He suggests that an interim, or complementary solution, would be a simple…
Recorded: 12 May 2006
Richard Heinberg
How can humanity best cope with increasing oil scarcity? (Part 1)
Given its finite nature, oil has rapidly become a vital strategic resource. Wars have already been fought over it and we are likely to see more as the years pass. Conflict over…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
John Cavanagh
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
John Cavanagh examines the arguments that came from corporate globalizers back in 1980s. Their message is no longer convincing. The rules by which corporations and financial institutions…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Lori Wallach
What have the effects of ‘Free Trade’ been? (Part Two)
Lori Wallach discusses the impact of unfair trade rules such as those of NAFTA and the WTO, established in 1994 and 1995 respectively. She gives examples of how biased trade regulations…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Dr Vyvyan Howard
Why are cancer rates rising? (part 2)
Professor Howard explains how the original risk assessment of chemicals grossly underestimated chemical toxicity. As an example he talks about Bisphenol A, an endocrine disrupter,…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
Dr Vyvyan Howard
How dangerous are manmade chemicals?
The chemical industry is huge. Widely defined, it accounts for 7% of world GDP. Yet despite the ubiquity of potentially toxic man-made chemicals, consumer health protection is woefully…
Recorded: 31 January 2005
