How do we deal with global warming?
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About the video: ‘How do we deal with global warming?’
Achim Steiner spells out the challenge at hand with regards to mitigating the worst of climate change. He highlights the value of the work carried out by the IPCC and Nicholas Stern in advancing understanding about the implications of further global warming. The challenge that lies before us is to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions within the next 10-15 years. We must then reduce emissions globally if we are to avoid runaway climatic change.
Total views: 1,210
Filmed: Switzerland on 22 January 2008
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
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About Achim Steiner
Achim Steiner is Undersecretary General of the United Nations, and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Previous to this he was Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) 2001-06. Achim Steiner serves on a number of international advisory boards, including the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) and the Environmental Advisory Council (ENVAC) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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