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In April 2007 the BBC World Service asked experts in their field to look into the future. How will climate change have affected the world by 2050? The World Today asked our panel to consider how politics, energy, transport and conflict may adapt over the next four decades to manage these changes.
George Monbiot, writer and activist.
Antonio Nobre, senior scientist at Brazil's National Institute for Amazonian Research. Dr Vandana Shiva is an Indian physicist, ecologist and activist.
Author Mark Lynas has been following the climate change debate for well over a decade. David Hone normally works for the energy company Shell, but is currently on secondment to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Lee Shipper, an expert on sustainable transport with the Washington DC-based World Resources Institute.
Andrew Simms from the British think-tank the New Economics Foundation. Charlie Edwards and Simon Parker, from the British think-tank Demos. Dan Smith, Secretary General of the conflict prevention organisation International Alert. First broadcast at the end of April 2007. | EXTERNAL LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Monbiot.
People who pay road-user charges get cheaper petrol. People who generate their own renewable power at home pay less council tax. And if you fly, you're legally required to offset the emissions
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