Living Planet: The EU at Cancun, solar bottlenecks, tuna wars and a tiger breakthrough
Description: Living Planet; We hear from the EU climate chief heading into Cancun; A bottleneck squeezes the German solar industry; Environmentalist and fishermen face off in Paris over tuna; and Russia clinches a deal to save tigers from extinction. You can listen to the show online or subscribe to Living Planet as a podcast. Click on the clinks below for the individual items. EU sets sights low for CancunIt's coming up to that time of the year again when the world's nations send their delegates somewhere to try to come up with a treaty for tackling climate change. This year's meeting is in Cancun, Mexico, and it begins on November 29. Many are already playing down the prospects of the Cancun talks, in the wake of last year's underwhelming result in Copenhagen. DW recently met with the European Union's climate chief, to gauge the bloc's attitude going into the talks. Report: Irene Quaile Labor bottleneck squeezes German solar potentialIf the world can agree on anything at climate negotiations, it is the desirability of switching to a clean energy future. However, solar in Germany may be becoming the victim of its own success.Germany likes to present it self as a pioneer in renewable energies. They're growing rapidly here, and the number of jobs in the industry has quadrupled since 2006. But Germany also has a shortage of highly-skilled workers, and this is a potentially big problem for the continued growth of the sector. Report: Gerhard SchneibelEnvironmentalists face off with fishermen in Paris over tunaFor the past week at a conference in Paris, fishermen and environmentalists have been sparring over the future of Bluefin Tuna. The highly prized fish – which is served in sushi – can fetch up to 70,000 euros ($100,000) a piece at Japanese fish markets.Yet environmentalists say decades of overfishing has depleted stocks to dangerously low levels, and the Bluefin tuna’s very existence is in danger. They're hoping to influence the regulatory body that sets quotas and monitors the industry, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), as it meets in Paris. Eleanor Beardsley files this report from Paris. Report: Eleanor Beardsley Russia's Putin seals deal to save tigersRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted an unprecedented gathering this week aimed at saving wild tigers, which the WWF says could become extinct within the next 12 years without drastic intervention. The meeting in St Petersburg brought together the leaders of 13 countries where tigers roam, in an effort to cut a deal among top decision-makers. And it looks like the meeting did just that. To tell hear more, DW was joined by Aline Kuehl, from the Convention for Migratory Species. She had the opportunity to observe the meeting up close. Interview: Nathan Witkop / Aline Kuehl
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:30:00 GMT
Format: 30:19
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