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World Service,31 Mar 2014,28 mins

Paying the Price for Climate Change

World Business Report

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New UN report says impact of climate change will be "severe, pervasive and irreversible". We hear from those already suffering those consequences - Benjamin Fiafor of Farm Radio in Ghana talks about the problems local farmers are facing. Dr Colin Brown is director of engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London and talks about the challenges faced by those trying to come up with solutions to climate change. Also in the programme: Britain and Germany to become Chinese currency trading hubs. And our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway tells us why treating your office like a family may actually be a really bad idea.

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