After Kyoto
27 Minutes: English
Did the world emerge from the Kyoto summit with an agreement that will mark the start of an effective response to climate change caused by the build-up of greenhouse gases? Or was it merely political fudge designed to appease the US Senate? We get their verdict from leading scientists, politicians and environmental lobbyists.
Changing climates: The politics
27 Minutes: English
2001 was not an auspicious year for international agreement on climate change. First, governments failed to emerge from the Hague climate conference with even a compromise. Next, the new US President, George W. Bush, reneged on his campaign commitment to curb CO2 emissions. This was followed by news that, as far as the new US administration is concerned, the Kyoto Accord - designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - is dead. This film takes a look at how difficult it is to align what science indicates must be done with what the international community is prepared to do.
No doubt at all
24 Minutes: English
The world's nations emerged from Kyoto with an agreement by the industrialized nations designed to stabilize and then reduce greenhouse gases. At the Bonn meeting of 161 governments we find that little progress has been made, especially in the United States where there is no sign that its mighty 25 per cent share of the world's energy use is likely to be reduced.