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'The Special Debate for Earth's
Frontiers: The Future of Energy' airs on CNN International on
Thursday April 29th at 130pm and 530pm BST, Saturday
May 1st at 830am, 630pm and 9pm BST, and Sunday May 2nd at 4am, 830am and 4pm BST.
Taking part in CNN International's 'Earth's
Frontiers' debate in Seoul, South Korea, from Los Angeles via unique 3D
technology, James Cameron suggests a possible cause for the shift in
public perception of global warming: “What I see in the US is the
oil and coal lobbies spending massive amounts of money on a
disinformation campaign that is used to discredit science and steer
public opinion away from any sense of social responsibility about
climate change.”
Hosted by CNN’s Anna Coren and airing to
more than 250 million households around the world, the unique ‘Earth’s
Frontiers’ discussion pairs Cameron with the President of the Maldives,
Mohamed Nasheed; Chairman and CEO of Puma, Jochen Zeitz; and Changhua
Wu, Greater China Director of the Climate Group. The group discusses the
depletion of natural resources, the push for alternative energy and the
possibility of a sustainable future.
Cameron also discusses what he sees as the
unreal price of gas in the United States: “Nothing is going to
change until we properly price carbon…Right now gas is US$3 a gallon at
the pump… In my perspective, gas is 15 or 20 dollars a gallon if you
fully burden it with the cost of all of these big military actions, the
overall consequences to the economy and the long term costs of climate
change.”
President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed,
highlights the pressing threat his country is facing: “It’ll be
very difficult for the Maldives to survive if business goes as usual. We
didn’t move from the Stone Age because we ran out of stone but because
we found better technology to move forward. I think it’s time,
especially for big emitting countries, to find alternative technology to
move forward. If not, it’s not just going to be the Maldives, it’s going
to be all of us.”
He also calls on world leaders to be
proactive: “If you want to call yourself a leader and get elected
to do that, you better do it. You’re not supposed to hang around for
everyone else to make a decision and then you just simply go ahead with
this decision. What you’re supposed to do is go out to the country and
convince your people that there’s a better option.”
Click to
watch a preview of
the programme
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