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19/10/2012 GMT

Connie Hedegaard - European Commissioner for Climate Action

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Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard. Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?

What has happened to Europe’s ambition to lead the world toward a low-carbon, sustainable future? As austerity bites, so doubts intensify about the wisdom of de-carbonising the European economy and financing greener growth in the developing world. 

Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard. Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge?

(Image: Connie Hedegaard, Credit: AFP/Getty)

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