Busy and emotional time leading up to Paris climate conference

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his year will be both busy and emotionally draining for those concerned about the welfare of the world’s climate.



Executive Director of the Global Carbon
Project at the CSIRO, Pep Canadell,
was interviewed for this story.

Concern for and interest in climate matters found a fresh energy in 2007, percolated away in 2008, reached a crescendo with the IPCC December conference in Copenhagen and feeling the effects of controversy driven by the “denial machine” collapsed into chaos.

However, climate change activists have regrouped and armed with little more than truth, and compelling evidence from around the world, now work toward success at the United Nations Climate Change Conference late this year Paris.

The Conversation considers the Paris meeting - “Paris 2015 climate summit: countries' targets beyond 2020”.