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Radio 4,04 Sep 2019,14 mins

Did an engine failure fuel the climate crisis?

The Political Butterfly Effect

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When five-year-old Cuban Elián González arrived in the USA under tragic circumstances in 1999, he found himself at the centre of a political storm over whether he should be returned to his home nation. The decision over his fate would reverberate at the highest levels of US politics and around the globe for decades to come - with inadvertent consequences shaping how the world reacted to climate change. Presenter: Jim Waterson Producer: Robbie MacInnes An SPG production for BBC Radio 4

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