The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen presents a new focus for international debate and decisions about energy and its use. What are the countries of Western Europe and Scandinavia doing to promote sustainable energy production? Just how different will the future energy map…
The Open University

Transcript -- A brief introduction to this album

Godfrey Boyle of The Open University on the key questions for the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

Transcript -- Godfrey Boyle of The Open University on the key questions for the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

Why sustainable energy is such an important issue all around Europe

Transcript -- Why sustainable energy is such an important issue all around Europe

The UK has committed itself to lowering its carbon emissions but there is much debate about how to achieve this

Transcript -- The UK has committed itself to lowering its carbon emissions but there is much debate about how to achieve this

France is uniquely dependent on nuclear power but recently the government has been trying to encourage the development of a sustainable energy industry

Transcript -- France is uniquely dependent on nuclear power but recently the government has been trying to encourage the development of a sustainable energy industry

Denmark has the most advanced sustainable energy programme in Europe. Why the country is so ahead of everyone else

Transcript -- Denmark has the most advanced sustainable energy programme in Europe. Why the country is so ahead of everyone else

How, Germany has been investing significantly in renewable energy, and particularly in creating an industrial model for manufacturing and maintaining renewable energy products

Transcript -- How, Germany has been investing significantly in renewable energy, and particularly in creating an industrial model for manufacturing and maintaining renewable energy products

How carbon capture technology offers the possibility of reducing the damage caused by burning fossil fuels

Transcript -- How carbon capture technology offers the possibility of reducing the damage caused by burning fossil fuels

The Mayor of London's very ambitious plans to turn London into a model low carbon city, approaching everything from building design to transport from a low carbon perspective

Transcript -- The Mayor of London's very ambitious plans to turn London into a model low carbon city, approaching everything from building design to transport from a low carbon perspective

Godfrey Boyle updates the preceding films and reveals how energy policies have changed over the last three years

Transcript -- Godfrey Boyle updates the preceding films and reveals how energy policies have changed over the last three years

Godfrey Boyle talks about T206, the course from which the material on this album was drawn

Transcript -- Godfrey Boyle talks about T206, the course from which the material on this album was drawn