The first of two programmes featuring interviews with speakers featured at the RSA "No Way Back?" conference on arts and ecology. For further info see: Arts & Ecology (RSA/Arts Council of England) http://www.thersa.org.uk/arts
Produced by Phil England for Climate Radio http://www.climateradio.co.uk Please drop me an email if you rebroadcast this programme: phil [at] switch-online.co.uk
In part one we speak to:
Professor John Schellnhuber - chief advisor to the German government on climate change - What does he regard as a responsible level of global mean temperature rise? - What level of greenhouse concentration in the atmosphere does he suggest we aim to stabilise at? - If 550ppmv is dangerous and likely to lead to amplifying feedbacks, why is the UK government keeping this outdated target? - What will be the chief messages he will be giving to the German government over the coming critical year?
Ed Gillespie, Creative Director, Futerra Sustainability Communications - What is the current public understanding of climate change in the UK? - How do we communicate for behaviour change? - Around the World in 80 Ways - Ed's globe trotting project which explores the joys of travelling without flying
and James Mariott - co-founder, Platform - London as an oil city - Dismantling the network of institutions that comprise the Carbon Web - "And While London Burns" - Platform's new operatic soundwalk around the fossil fuel institutions of the City of London
Links: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change ("The Exeter Conference") http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/internat/dangerous-cc.htm Unravelling The Carbon Web (Platform) http://www.carbonweb.org "The New Rules of the New Game" (Futerra Sustainability Communications) http://www.futerra.co.uk/auto.php?inc=ov&site_cat=12&site_sub=0&case=0
128bit stereo - short version
30 seconds shorter than long version (narrative clipped at end to keep show under half an hour)