Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Bill Gates on Global Inequality, Climate Change and Big Tech, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EagrIPTCqrg

Time 31:38

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Co-Chair and Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates speaks to Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker at the Foundation's HQ in Seattle. The foundation’s 2019 Goalkeepers report seeks to monitor and aid the progress of the United Nations in achieving in its Sustainable Development Goals, which the foundation says are being hindered by persistent inequality. They also discuss climate change, U.S. Tax policy and calls for breaking up America's biggest technology companies.

Climate change: Small island states could 'disappear', Seychelles president warns, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_4aybvbtbs

Time 10:17

This France24 interview with James Michel, the President of the Republic of Seychelles in 2014, an archipelago which has suffered greatly from the effects of climate change discusses the effects of climate change on his country and future implications for development.

Focus City: Dakar, Senegal / Ville ciblée : Dakar, Sénégal, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By92jFEWzsU&list=PLhhb-JA5bQ7Ma9zVBdhUwyWhkYXAPYPD

Time 9:41

This short video introduces the Dakar Focus City project by giving an overview of the main environmental and social challenges faced by poor urban dwellers. Through the testimonies of community members and researchers, we learn about the research and action strategies deployed by each city team to find solutions to improve environmental conditions while helping to reduce poverty.

How global warming and climate change is affecting development in Africa, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6t3QM1V0vw

Time 24:59

The United Nations Secretary-General says Africa is at the front line of the impacts of the repercussion of climate change, although the continent has a minimal contribution to global warming. To discuss how climate change is impacting development in Africa – Birama Boubacar Sidibe, Board Member at African Risk Capacity and Managing Director at Interface, as well as Delphine Maidou, Board Member at African Risk Capacity Limited and Regional Chief Operating Officer at Allianz Africa join CNBC Africa for more.

The Great Debate: Climate Change—Surviving The Future, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR95nSsbPZs

Time 2:24:52

Are we beyond the tipping point for survivable climate change?

What is the link between climate change and sustainable development? 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdb1HKiYFiw

Time 2:11

This short interview with Christiana Figueres of the United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe makes a link between sustainable development and climate change – essentially equating the two.

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