Is climate change the only issue that matters?
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About the video: ‘Is climate change the only issue that matters?’
Given the recent international focus on climate change, Leap speaks to the broader environmental agenda and suggests ways in which other issues must also be addressed – issues such as the depletion of fisheries, deforestation and biodiversity loss. Crucially, government and publics around the world need to be reminded how much we, not to mention the global economy, depend on environmental systems.
Total views: 1,544
Filmed: Switzerland on 23 January 2008
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2008 Big Picture TV
About James Leape
James Leape is the Director-General of World Wildlife Fund International. He joined WWF-US in 1989 and for ten years directed its international conservation programmes, serving as Executive Vice-President. Since 2001, he has also directed the conservation and science initiatives of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic associations in the United States.
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