CIGI '10: What's holding back progress on climate change?

The CIGI '10 Climate of Action conference gathered over 60 experts in climate policy and science to join in a weekend of lively and innovative dialogue about the global governance of climate change. Throughout the conference, we sat down with many of our distinguished conference participants, to hear their points of view on some of the key topics covered in our roundtable discussions. This video series aims to provide a brief introduction to the issues, as well as a synopsis of the key messages and insights that arose from conference discussions.
In the first Roundtable discussion, participants took stock of where we stand today, and more importantly, what obstacles are blocking the road to future and meaningful progress. Some of the most significant barriers that were mentioned throughout the conference included the complexity of the issue, the North-South divide and the lack of trust at international climate negotiations, and the lack of policy leadership, political will and public support in some of the largest emitting nations. In the following video, a selection of participants discuss why they believe climate change is such a difficult issue to tackle, at both the national and international levels, as well as what factors are holding us back.

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• climate policy
• global governance
• climate change
• North-South divide
• David Runnalls
• Shayam Saran
• international governance
• PAN Jiahua
• environment
• Nathaniel Keohane
• Chris Tyler