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CLIMATE SUMMIT OPTIMISM APPEARS SHORT-LIVEDThe outlook for an agreement from the Copenhagen climate summit remains grim.WORLD LOOKS TO OBAMA TO DELIVER CLIMATE BREAKTHROUGHABC Environment reporter Sarah Clarke discusses the latest from the Copenhagen Conference summit.OBAMA ADDRESSES COPENHAGEN SUMMITUS President Barack Obama stressed America's commitments and the need for global unity during an address to the Copenhagen climate conference.CHINA'S CLIMATE CHANGE PARADOXChina's huge appetite for coal remains part of the problem for many environmentalists at the Copenhagen climate talks, but the country is also set to become the world's biggest producer of wind power.WHAT NEXT AFTER COPENHAGEN?Andrew Revkin, a biologist by training who has spent the past 15 years reporting on the environment for the New York Times, discusses what is likely to happen once the Copenhagen talks end.CORAL TRANSPLANTS HELP REGROW DAMAGED REEFSScientists warn many coral reefs are actually dying due to warming seas and pollution. But in Japan, a team of scientists has developed a new method of restoring devastated reefs using ceramic dishes to grow coral for transplants.SWISS EXPERIMENT WITH PRESCRIPTION HEROINIn Switzerland a referendum approved a heroin program for addicts who failed every attempt to get off the drug. It followed a long-term trial which supporters believe has had benefits for both the users and society at large |
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Broadcast 2009-12-18 at 22:40:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects.
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Climatic changes -- Forecasting.
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Climatic changes -- International cooperation.
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Greenhouse gases -- Prevention.
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United Nations Climate Change Talks.
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Denmark -- Copenhagen.
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Streaming video
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Buerki, Christoph, contributor
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Clarke, Sarah, reporter
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D'Aping, Lumumba, contributor
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Geissbuhler, Sabine, contributor
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Grammaticas, Damian, reporter
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Hoegh-Gulberg, Ove, contributor
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Ielemia, Apisai, contributor
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Jiahua, Pan, contributor
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Obama, Barack, contributor
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Okamoto, Mineo, contributor
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O'Neill, Margot, reporter
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Reinfeldt, Frederik, contributor
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Revkin, Andrew, reporter
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Sarkozy, Nicolas, contributor
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Sato, Hiroki, contributor
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Steiner, Achim, contributor
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Willacy, Mark, reporter
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Williams, Philip, reporter
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Wong, Penny, contributor
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Yafei, He, contributor
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