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…
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