How does climate change impact economic growth?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the climate change conference in Durban, South Africa. Two years ago at the UN talks in Copenhagen, an attempt to secure a global treaty and cut greenhouse gas emissions ended in failure. What is the outcome of the latest negotiations in Durban? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is climate change affecting economies around the globe? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Richard Howarth, Rosenwald Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and the Editor-in-Chief of Ecological Economics.

Andrew Light, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at American Progress specializing in international climate and science policy, and a professor at George Mason University where he is director of the Center for Global Ethics.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the climate change conference in Cancun and how WikiLeaks cables revealed the U.S. manipulated previous climate talks. We'll also focus on the media narratives around the extension of the Bush tax cuts. We'll be joined by Tax Note's David Cay Johnston, columnist David Sirota and independent journalist Mark Hertsgaard. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Cay Johnston, a Tax Analysts' columnist

David Sirota, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, and radio co-host

Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation's environment correspondent

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Who should have their hands on the global thermostat?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the complex and controversial field of geoengineering. Purposeful intervention to change the earth's natural systems is moving into the mainstream of the debate on climate change. Can any of the geoengineering options help slow or reverse global warming?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the risks of these technologies? And who should have the right to make these decisions about our common destiny? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Pat Mooney--founder and executive director of the ETC Group
Dr. Michael MacCracken--chief scientist of The Climate Institute

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What's your Biggest Worry About Climate Change?

What's your biggest worry about the effects of climate change? And what needs to come out of the meeting in Copenhagen to make you feel more hopeful? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the impact of climate change for different countries and what they are doing to reverse the trend.

Join the conversation at 11 am or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What needs to come of Copenhagen for you to consider it a success? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Leah Wickham, a 24-year-old environmental activist from Fiji

Kristine Holten-Andersen, a 27-year-old architect and volunteer with Klimaforum09

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Your Call 112608 Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

What's behind the continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the longest and deadliest war since WWII. More than five million people have died. Many millions more have been made refugees and there is no end in sight. Why has fighting flared up again? What role do global consumers play in Congo's civil war? What's the U.S. role? What can we do to stop it? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Adam Hochschild, lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley and author of King Leopold's Ghost & Bury the Chains

Thomas Turner, Amnesty International USA country specialist on the Democratic Republic of Congo and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University

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Your Call 102008 The Power of Conversation

Does public dialogue change minds? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Ros Atkins, host of the BBC call-in show, World Have Your Say. Listeners from all over the globe engage in conversations about a variety of topics. How do people from different parts of the world react to important issues of the day? Does public dialogue change minds or at least open minds? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Ros Atkins, host of World Have Your Say

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