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The Road to Paris: Christiana Figueres and William Reilly

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🗓️ 3 July 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Past conferences have failed to reach consensus on addressing climate change. Can the Paris summit produce a lasting, effective and equitable solution? Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change William K. Reilly, Senior Advisor, TPG Capital This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on June 16, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy,

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economy, and the environment.

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policy business science and culture climate one founder gregg dalton gets to the heart of the matter

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it's our future it's time to come together i'm gregg dalton and today on climate one we're

1:08.4

talking about the possibility of a global deal to fight climate disruption. Leaders from nearly 200 countries will meet in Paris in

1:16.0

December to try to agree on different paths for growing the economy and cutting carbon emissions.

1:22.2

Past efforts have fallen short, but this time large corporations, including some of the world's

1:26.6

biggest oil companies,

1:28.2

are calling for a meaningful agreement on carbon emissions. Pope Francis recently joined the fray,

1:33.4

coming out strongly for action on climate change and is encyclical on the environment. Over

1:38.8

the next hour, we'll look at international and domestic politics of energy, the price of oil,

1:43.9

the promise of clean technology,

1:45.5

and other questions from our live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

1:49.4

We're pleased to have with us two distinguished guests.

1:52.0

Christina Figueras's Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Negotiations will play a central role in the Paris Climate Summit later this year.

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She's been deeply involved

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