The United Nations Climate Change Conference is under way in Durban, South Africa this week with representatives from nearly 200 countries meeting to discuss how to address the issue of global climate change. WGXC correspondent Kelly Benjamin is at the conference in Durban and will be filing daily reports. Above, an interview with Professor Donald Brown of Penn State University on how climate denial in the U.S. is hampering international negotiations at COP 17 from Tue., Nov. 29.
Reports from South Africa by Kelly Benjamin:
• A report on the role of the United States in international negotiations, and how the rest of the world sees it. PLAY CLIP
• Mailes Zulu Make a representative of Zambia Rural Women at the People's Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa. PLAY CLIP
• Interview with Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action in Nigeria and Chair of Friends of the Earth International on the Climate Justice movement, the role of the U.S., and the connection between Climate Justice and the Occupy Movement. PLAY CLIP