Full Frame: Action on Climate

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Around the world, people are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events.

Both the United States and China are the largest producers of carbon dioxide on the planet. Could these two powerhouse countries be doing more to fight climate change? Full Frame talks with Columbia University’s renowned climate scientist James Hansen.

Climate change is affecting every corner of the planet, but nowhere are the consequences more dramatic than in the Arctic. Melting ice, sea-level rise and even wildfires are becoming a growing reality for those who live up north.

Catherine Potvin is a biologist, a leader in the efforts to replant and protect the tropical forests of Panama and believes, with the right vision and enough willpower, the planet can change course on climate change. Full Frame talks with tropical forest ecologist, Catherine Potvin.