The first of two episodes featuring Jess Worth - a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine focussing on the Arctic which uncovers the largely untold story of how climate change is impacting already on indigenous peoples and their traditional subsistence lifestyles.
Produced by Phil England for Climate Radio and ResonanceFM. Please drop me a quick note if you broadcast this programme at phil@switch-off.co.uk. Many thanks! www.climateradio.org www.resonancefm.com
Indigenous peoples are not just victims in the climate change story they are also proactive in fighting back against fossil fuel developments on their lands which impact them directly through local pollution and oil spills and indirectly through their contribution to climate change. A recent string of successful legal challenges suggest that indigenous peoples could end up playing a critical role in the fight against climate change.
In part two weâll look at the Arcticâs central position in the climate tipping point story and the historic international indigenous peopleâs summit on climate change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year, as well as the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt.
For more info on the Arctic issue of the New Internationalist go to: http://www.newint.org/issues/current/
The 300-350 Show: Arctic Special - Part One
First Broadcast: 16 July 2009
Featuring:
* Jess Worth (New Internationalist)
* Faith Gemmill (REDOIL)
The first of two episodes featuring Jess Worth â a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine focusing on the Arctic which uncovers the largely untold story of how climate change is impacting already on indigenous peoples and their traditional subsistence lifestyles.
Indigenous peoples are not just victims in the climate change story they are also proactive in fighting back against fossil fuel developments on their lands. A recent string of successful legal challenges suggest that indigenous peoples could end up playing a critical role in the fight against climate change.
In part two weâll look at the Arcticâs central position in the climate tipping point story; the historic international indigenous peopleâs summit on climate change and its implications for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen; and the rush to exploit the fossil fuel resources in the Arctic opened up by the sea ice melt.
New Internationalist â Arctic Issue www.newint.org/issues/current
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL) www.ienearth.org/redoil.html
Kivalina vs Exxon www.climatelaw.org/cases/country/us/kivalina/kivalina www.oneclimate.net/2009/04/22/life-on-the-edge-facing-climate-change-in-alaska/ www.kivalina-film.com
This programme includes an extract from âDream in White on Whiteâ by John Luther Adams performed by the Apollo Quartet and Strings (New Albion, 1993) and from the following "On Point" broadcast: www.onpointradio.org/2008/05/suing-big-energy
The 300-350 Show is made for ResonanceFM in London and is syndicated free to not-for-profit community radio stations and independent media outlets around the globe. The programme is named after what is now believed to the safe level in parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This finding is based on the work of James Hansen and his team in a paper titled "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim." http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1126
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