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Climate change is the world’s most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still wondering how to convey its size and scale.

Only a small proportion of news consumers will have heard about the report released earlier this month by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. (more…)

The Heat interviewed panel of climate change experts including: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment and Stanford University Environmental Studies professor, Chris Field.

Leaders from 150 nations, along with 40 thousand delegates from 195 countries are “extremely close to the finish line” on a global climate change agreement. That according to French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The Conference of Parties – or COP21 – is trying to seal agreement to keep temperature rises in check and avoid dangerous global warming. (more…)

Guests: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, CSE ; Soma Banerjee Principal, Energy & Infrastructure, CII ; Nitin Desai, Former Deputy Secretary General, UN ; Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, Consulting Editor, The Business Standard.

Anchor: Ishan Russell
Air date: Dec 14, 2015

Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, talks about how the US desertion has weakened the climate pact.

Chandra Bhushan Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, says that the negotiating draft produced on December 9, 2014 will produce a weak agreement.