Mario Molina Calls for Climate Action from Developing Countries in Interview
by Eliza Barclay, Nomad on 12.14.07
This week, the Chicago Tribune interviewed Nobel Prize-winning chemist Mario Molina who has become one of Mexico's fiercest environmental crusaders. In the interview, Molina, who currently runs the Mario Molina Center in Mexico City, calls on developing countries to find paths to economic growth that do not endanger the environment.
"..the planet is just too small for these developing countries to repeat the economic growth in the same way that the rich countries have done it in the past. We don't have enough natural resources, we don't have enough atmosphere. Clearly, something has to change," Molina told Tribune reporter Oscar Avila.
Molina noted that one key strategy for the region of Latin America is increase collaboration between Latin American cities. Mexico City, for example, is working with Santiago, Chile, on transport engineering issues to develop more sustainable transport options. :: Via Chicago Tribune
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If you like the article above on Mario Molina, check out his live Webcast on Monday, October 27 at 10 a.m. CST.
During the Webcast he will lecture on climate change and how it is one of the most serious environmental challenges facing society in the 21st century. He will also discuss how global emissions from the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other gases of human origin can be significantly reduced through an international agreement at a cost that is smaller than that related to the damages resulting from climate change.
The lecture will be given at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico but you can watch it LIVE (at no cost) from your desktop by visiting www.honeywellscience.com.
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