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Kate Farmer

Cutting to the chase

4. 8. 2015 - 13:42

Obama returning to the climate change forefront

Reality Check: the changing powers behind the climate change battle

Obama

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The Clean Energy Plan aims to cut emissions by 30% - but can it work?

US President Obama has announced a wide reaching Clean Power Plan, which aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years.

It's a signal that the US may be returning to the international table on climate change, after failing to ratify numerous agreements, but is it practical physically or politically.

Energy policy and nuclear energy analyst, Malcolm Grimstone, explains what he plan really means, and whether it can achieve the goals.

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Is the EU losing the Climate Change battle?

EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete

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EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Canete, will need to convince ordinary people as well as politicians

5 years ago, at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the EU was at the forefront of the campaign to combat climate change. Now the US and China seem to be taking the initiative.

What has happened to the EU momentum, and how can it be rejuvenated?

Molly Walsh, Climate Justice and Energy spokesperson for Friends of the Earth, gives her analysis.

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