Riz Khan- Fighting climate change- 24 Sep 09- Pt 2
- 12 years ago
With global leaders gathered in New York City this week for the UN General Assembly, the debate on climate change has taken on a new sense of urgency.
Negotiations over a new global climate change treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol are underway, but mired in debate.
Rich countries argue that poor countries should be doing more, and vice versa.
But with less than 70 days before the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, world leaders have agreed that something must be done now.
That is a sentiment that Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin empire of businesses, would agree with.
In the past few years he has launched for-profit ventures that aim to reduce emissions and find more energy-efficient ways to travel.
Negotiations over a new global climate change treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol are underway, but mired in debate.
Rich countries argue that poor countries should be doing more, and vice versa.
But with less than 70 days before the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, world leaders have agreed that something must be done now.
That is a sentiment that Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin empire of businesses, would agree with.
In the past few years he has launched for-profit ventures that aim to reduce emissions and find more energy-efficient ways to travel.