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4 December
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Interview with Touhidul Alam, Associate Coordinator of Barcik
Touhidul Alam explains that people who live in rural areas face different climatic problems all year
round.
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Interview with H. E. Maria Jardim, Minister of Environment of Angola
Maria Jardim, Environment Minister of Angola talks about what she hopes will be achieved at COP18 in
Doha.
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Interview with James Kwok, President Director of Hidro+. Sustainable Business Australia
James Kwok describes the work of his company and gives his take on how well the UNFCCC is
supporting the rollout of green technology.
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Interview with Noel Oettle, Project Manager of Rural Resource Management of the Envrionmental
Monitoring Group
Noel Oettle describes his organisation’s work assisting farmers in the west of South
Africa to adapt to climate change.
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Interview with Aly Abou Sabaa, Vice President of the African Development Bank
Aly Abou Sabaa talks about the Bank’s work trying to support countries move towards green
development.
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Interview with Tenzin Choedon, representative of the Tibetan Women's Association. University of
East Anglia
Tenzin Choedon, Women’s Environment & Development Desk Officer at the Tibetan Women’s
Association, outlines the difficult situation facing Tibetan nomads and herders as they are displaced
by urban expansion.
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Interview with Anthony Nyong, Division Manager of the African Development Bank
Dr Anthony Nyong talks about the modest gains that have been made in Africa on sustainable
development.
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Interview with Alex Blériot Momha, Director of Capacity Building and Data Monitoring of the Lake
Chad Basin Commission. Chad
Alex Bleriot Momha talks about his expectations from the conference.
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Interview with Mohamed Jaidah, Chief Development Officer of the Jaidah Group
Mohamed Jaidah describes Qatar today as the EU when it was going through the industrial
revolution.
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Interview with Fernando Malta, Technical Advisor of the Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Brazil
Fernando Malta says there are two important discussions going on in Doha, those of the Kyoto Protocol
and those on the Durban Platform.
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Interview with David Renné, President of the International Solar Energy Society
Dr David Renne describes the great potential of solar energy to form part of a 100% renewables energy
future. He describes how solar is a cost-effective commerical energy, and explains how the solar market
could continue to grow.
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Interview with Mary Robinson, Presdient of the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice
Mary Robinson talks about her frustration at what she says is the delegates in Doha treating the
climate talks as if they were a trade negotiation. She says she has seen little movement or trust in
Doha.
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Interview with Thomas Loster, Director of the Munich Re Foundation
Thomas Loster talks about the issue of climate insurance. He warns that a large percentage of
the world is not insured and that in the poorest countries just 5% of people have insurance.
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Interview with Richard Samans, Director - General of the Global Green Growth Institute
Richard Samans says turning climate action pledges into real progress on the ground will require
environmental and economic objectives to be merged.
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Interview with Johan Vasara, Political Advisor for Saami Parliament. Norway
Johan Vasara describes the problems suffered by Saami indigenous communities due to temperature changes
affecting reindeer grazing land. He says indigenous communities are most affected by climate change and
solutions, and that they must have a voice at UN climate talks.
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Interview with Herbert Girardet, Director of Programmes of the World Future Council
Professor Herbert Girardet says that we now need to move beyond sustainability to concepts of
regenerative growth for urban development to regenerate ecosystems. He says this concept of cities
copying the circular functioning of the world's natural ecosystems is increasingly being widely
discussed, in both developed cities or cities in construction
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Interview with Virendra Pal Singh, Director of the South Asia Region of the World Agroforestry Centre
Virendra Pal Singh talks about the common problems facing livelihoods and communities across the
South Asia region.
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Interview with Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Senior Scientist of the World Agroforestry Centre
Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Senior Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre talks about the importance
of protecting biodiversity in East Asia.
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Interview with Claude Mostowik, representatives from the Pacific Calling Partnership. Climate Action
Network Australia
Claude Mostowik talks about the risks to island states from climate change. He says the biggest and
most obvious risk is that these countries are sinking from rising sea waters.
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Interview with Li Junfeng, Director General of the National Center for Climate Change. China
Li Junfeng says technology transfer cooperation is the key to curbing its spiralling carbon
emissions.
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Interview with Saleemul Huq, Senior Fellow of the International Institute for Environment and
Development
Saleemul Huq indicates that the success or failure of the Doha round of climate talks
also hinges on a proposal that states are compensated for damage caused by climate change.
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Interview with Leah Page, Development Director of the Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods
Leah Page talks about her organisation’s project in Haiti which aims to bring ecological
sanitation to the country.
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Interview with Robert Insingoma, Country Director of Eco-schools CECOD. United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification
Robert Insingoma talks about his work with the younger generation trying to create future
leaders.
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Interview with Serdar Sarigül, General Director and Executive Committee Member of the Turkish
Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion
Serdar Sarigul, General Director and Executive Committee Member for TEMA talks about tackling soil
erosion in Turkey.
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Interview with Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Lakshmi Puri says that women are at the heart of UN efforts to combat climate change, because they
are often the first to suffer and the last to receive aid
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Interview with Rachel Kyte, Vice President for the Sustainable Development of the World Bank
Rachel Kyte talks about he need to understand what type of world we are planning for and the type of
investments that will be needed.
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Interview with Antonio Navarra, President of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change.
Italy
Antonio Navarra talks about the work of his organisation to provide an over-arching centre for
climate impacts research.
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Interview with Rodrigo de Villasante Herbert, Consejero Nacional de Mexico. International Federation of
the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
Rodrigo de Villasante Herbert talks about his work tackling climate change and his expectations for the
talks in Doha.
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Interview with Josep Enric Llebot Rabagliati, Secretari de Medi Ambient i Sostenibilitat de Catalunya.
Spain
Josep Enric Llebot Rabagliati talks about his work tackling climate change and his expectations for the
talks in Doha.
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Interview with Barbara Norman from the University of Canberra
Professor Barbara Norman talks about the vast amount of the population in Australia who will live in
coastal regions and be inundated by rising seas in the future.
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