The Climate Race

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

As the scientific questions over climate change settle, the fight over the globe's economic transformation is only just beginning. Marketplace Presents: The Climate Race explains how the realities of climate change are already altering our world. And as the U.N. prepares for the global climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7-18, 2009, the world's major economic powers are positioning themselves to win in the new climate economy. This one-hour special gives listeners the tools and understanding to form opinions and make decisions on one of the world's toughest political, social and economic problems.

Tune in Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. and Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. on AM 820.

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