Countdown to Copenhagen: Science, Politics, and Security

Countdown to Copenhagen: Science, Politics, and Security

Dialogue's "Wilson Center Spotlight" Television Program Focuses on Climate Change

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Next month, the nations of the world will hold a climate conference in Denmark to discuss a new agreement to prevent climate changes. As we look ahead to Copenhagen, this edition of Dialogue's "Wilson Center Spotlight" focuses on the role of the Center's Environmental Change and Security Program.

Host John Milweski speaks with Michael MacCracken, John Broder, and Geoff Dabelko on the science, politics, and security aspects of climate change:

   --  Other greenhouse gases "will have as much warming effect on the 21st       century as the CO2 emissions emitted during this century," argues       Michael MacCracken, chief scientist for climate change programs at the       Climate Institute.   --  The New York Times reporter John Broder tells Milewski, "I wouldn't be       too pessimistic about Copenhagen.  This is an important moment in       history. Even Kyoto took four years to actually implement after it was       ratified by the nations that participate in it.  This is a process and       it's well-begun."    --  "It's not that [climate change is] going to create a new type of       conflict, but it's going to exacerbate some of these underlying       conditions that make countries unstable," warns Geoff Dabelko,       director of the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security       Program.   

Watch online starting Thursday, November 19th, at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/dialogue

   This episode of Dialogue will be broadcast on the MHz Worldview channel:    --  Wednesday, November 18th at 9:00 PM   --  Thursday, November 19th at 12:00 AM    --  Friday, November 20th at 11:00 AM   

Dialogue is broadcast throughout the Washington, DC, Metro area on digital channel 30.1. See http://www.mhznetworks.org/programming/carrier for other channels.

Each week, Dialogue explores the world of ideas and issues in international affairs, history, and culture. Once a month, "Wilson Center Spotlight" focuses on one of the Center's programs, featuring scholars, fellows, staff and special guests.

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/

Since 1994, the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program has explored the connections among environmental challenges and their links to conflict and security. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/ecsp

   CONTACT:   Sharon McCarter   Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars   202-691-4016   sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org  

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