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Green
Mondays at 12:50 pm during The Mix
Pete Forster takes a regular look at the environment, the changing global climate and all things green.
Green: Losing faith in faith in the IPCC?
Monday, 15 February, 2010It seems that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was way off in its forecast about the melting of Himalayan glaciers. WRS’s Pete Forster asks Dr Martin Beniston, a leading climatologist, whether the mistake undermines the other conclusions in the document.
Monday, 15 February, 2010It seems that the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was way off in its forecast about the melting of Himalayan glaciers. WRS’s Pete Forster asks Dr Martin Beniston, a leading climatologist, whether the mistake undermines the other conclusions in the document.
Green: One industry's problem is another's solution
Monday, 8 February, 2010Dr. Jörg Rieckenmann from Urban Water Management (Eawag) explains how a problem for mobile phone companies—signal interference from rain—just might help city planners more accurately measure rainfall in order to help reduce the amount of untreated sewerage making its way into our streams and lakes:
Monday, 8 February, 2010Dr. Jörg Rieckenmann from Urban Water Management (Eawag) explains how a problem for mobile phone companies—signal interference from rain—just might help city planners more accurately measure rainfall in order to help reduce the amount of untreated sewerage making its way into our streams and lakes:
Green: One phone charger for all
Monday, 1 February, 2010The International Telecommunications Union has convinced several of the top mobile phone producers to agree to a universal charger—a move they say could save more 13.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. WRS’s Pete Forster has the story:
Monday, 1 February, 2010The International Telecommunications Union has convinced several of the top mobile phone producers to agree to a universal charger—a move they say could save more 13.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. WRS’s Pete Forster has the story:
Green: Every day energy scavenging
Monday, 11 January, 2010Lucas Chambers talks to Swiss scientists who are looking for new ways to scavenge energy from the myriad little things we do in our daily lives.
Monday, 11 January, 2010Lucas Chambers talks to Swiss scientists who are looking for new ways to scavenge energy from the myriad little things we do in our daily lives.
Green: Cut back on meat, save the world?
Monday, 4 January, 2010Pete Forster looks at a WWF campaign that urges people to cut back on meat consumption—responsible for a surprisingly large amount of global carbon emissions:
Monday, 4 January, 2010Pete Forster looks at a WWF campaign that urges people to cut back on meat consumption—responsible for a surprisingly large amount of global carbon emissions:
Green: Copenhagen talks begin under a cloud
Monday, 7 December, 2009Nebulous atmospheric conditions in Copenhagen this morning were viewed by many conference delegates and journalists as an apt metaphor for the talks at hand. WRS’s Catherine Allen reports from the climate summit.
Monday, 7 December, 2009Nebulous atmospheric conditions in Copenhagen this morning were viewed by many conference delegates and journalists as an apt metaphor for the talks at hand. WRS’s Catherine Allen reports from the climate summit.
Green: Leading climatologists look to Copenhagen
Monday, 30 November, 2009Pete Forster talks to Professor Thomas Stocker, a leading climatologist based at Bern University who co-authored the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report, about some of the threats to our way of life posed by climate change.
Monday, 30 November, 2009Pete Forster talks to Professor Thomas Stocker, a leading climatologist based at Bern University who co-authored the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report, about some of the threats to our way of life posed by climate change.
Green: Does Obama have a climate strategy?
Monday, 23 November, 2009Pete Forster continues his discussion with key carbon trading architect Prof. Graziella Chichilnisky about the Obama administration’s strategy for tackling green issues.
Monday, 23 November, 2009Pete Forster continues his discussion with key carbon trading architect Prof. Graziella Chichilnisky about the Obama administration’s strategy for tackling green issues.
Green: Evaluating carbon trading
Monday, 16 November, 2009As climatologists around the world prepare to meet in Copenhagen, Pete Forster catches up with Professor Chichilnisky, a key architect of the carbon trading protocol that underlies the Kyoto agreement.
Monday, 16 November, 2009As climatologists around the world prepare to meet in Copenhagen, Pete Forster catches up with Professor Chichilnisky, a key architect of the carbon trading protocol that underlies the Kyoto agreement.
Green: How green is your burger?
Monday, 9 November, 2009So-called ’carbon labelling’ of food is gaining momentum, with chains in Sweden already printing details of how much carbon was emitted in the production of burgers and fast food. Pete Forster discusses the pros and cons.
Monday, 9 November, 2009So-called ’carbon labelling’ of food is gaining momentum, with chains in Sweden already printing details of how much carbon was emitted in the production of burgers and fast food. Pete Forster discusses the pros and cons.
