PODCAST: Swiss ambassador & former Kyoto negotiator on prospects for Copenhagen

Switzerland’s ambassador to New Zealand, Dr Beat Nobs, gave a lecture as part of Victoria University’s Climate Change Research Institute lecture series on climate change and Copenhagen.

Dr Beat Nobs
Dr Beat Nobs

About to finish up a four year term here as ambassador, Dr Nobs reflects on prospects for a deal being hammered out in Copenhagen. Previously he served as the Ambassador of the Environment of Switzerland and led the Swiss delegations at international negotiations in the field of the environment between 1997 and 2006, including those involving the Kyoto Protocol.

Click below to listen to his talk

[audio:https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/wp-content/upload/2009/11/Dr-Beat-Nobs-part-1.mp3]

Q&A discussion

[audio:https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/wp-content/upload/2009/11/Dr-Beat-Nobs-part-2.mp3]