Climate Change, Ethics and COP15 - Part I - Interview with Brendan Mackey

This interview (1st Part) presents interesting insights on the current climate change crisis and the negotiations going on. Here Prof. Mackey addressed the following question: 1. As a participant of COP15 what do you think of the outcomes of this conference? (minutes 0 to 1.27) 2. To what extend is climate change an ethical problem? (minutes 1:27 to 5:33) 3. What are greenhouse gas entitlements? (minutes 5:33 to 7:55)

Prof.Brendan Mackey has a PhD in tropical forest ecology, and is a professor of environmental science at the Australian National University; he is also member of the Earth Charter International Council and of IUCN Council. He is the Chair of IUCN Task Force on Climate Change.

He is a respected scholar on environmental biogeography, conservation science and cross-disciplinary studies in sustainability.

He has been focusing recently on the ethical dimensions of climate change issues; this led him to actively participate at the past COP15 negotiations in Copenhagen to strengthen the ethical dimensions of the negotiating text.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Climate Change
• Ethics
• Earth Charter
• COP15
• Mackey