The second of two episodes featuring Jess Worth ￢ﾀﾓ a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine which takes an in-depth look at the Arctic from the perspective of its indigenous peoples and climate change.
Produced by Phil England for Climate Radio and ResonanceFM. Please drop me a quick note if you broadcast this programme at phil@switch-off.co.uk. Many thanks! www.climateradio.org www.resonancefm.com
This week, we look at the historic Indigenous Peoples￢ﾀﾙ Global Summit on Climate Change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year; the Arctic￢ﾀﾙs central position in the climate tipping point story; and the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt. We also hear from Vietnam vet and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge campaigner, Robert Thompson, about the effect of an oil spill would have on his land and about the oil company tactic of bribery that has attempted to split and buy-out local opposition to oil drilling.
New Internationalist ￢ﾀﾓ Arctic Issue www.newint.org/issues/current Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL) www.ienearth.org/redoil.html
Indigenous Peoples￢ﾀﾙ Global Summit on Climate Change www.indigenoussummit.com The Anchorage Declaration www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/declaration.html Summit press release www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/unu-ipa041309.php
Antarctic Environmental Protocol (prohibits commercial exploration of mineral resources) www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geopolitical/environmental_issues/environmental_protocol.php Costing the Earth ￢ﾀﾓ Antarctic Treaty (BBC Radio 4, 9 April 2009) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhp5g Hillary Clinton - Antarctic Treaty 50th Anniversary speech http://hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/50th-anniversary-of-the-antarctic-treaty
International Polar Year (IPY) ￢ﾀﾜState of Polar Research￢ﾀﾝ report (Feb 2009) http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/IPY_State_of_Polar_Research_EN_web.pdf IPY Report press release (Feb 2009) http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/ipy-pr-en.pdf Extreme Ice Survey www.extremeicesurvey.org
This programme includes two short extracts from the original soundtrack to ￢ﾀﾜDutch Harbour ￢ﾀﾓ where the sea breaks its back￢ﾀﾝ performed by The Boxhead Ensemble (Atavistic, 1997).
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