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HARDtalk: Sir David King, UK Chief Scientific Adviser, 2000-2007

30/09/2009

Sir David King, UK Chief Scientific Adviser, 2000-2007

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Sir David King discusses the science and the politics of climate change, and its threat.

Stephen Sackur talks to Sir David King, the ex-UK Chief Scientific Adviser. Ahead of the summit in Copenhagen, he discusses the science and the politics of climate change.

Stephen Sackur talks to Sir David King, the UK's Chief Scientific Adviser from 2000 to 2007.

Five years ago he described climate change as a greater threat to the world than terrorism. Back then Sir David was a scientist trying to influence the political process from the inside; now he's out of Government, his warnings are even starker. In the run-up to the climate change summit in Copenhagen, is there a disconnect between the science and the politics of climate change?

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