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Archive for December 18th, 2009
Entire program – December 18, 2009
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Today on The World: A frustrating last day at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen; Also, a project to pipe Canada’s dirtiest oil into the US raises environmental alarms; And Serbs can now travel throughout Europe without a visa, but there’s a hitch.
“Meaningful agreement” in Copenhagen
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President Barack Obama said on Friday that a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” had been reached among the US, China, and three other countries on a global effort to curb climate change but said much work was still be needed to reach a legally binding treaty. The President had earlier called on world leaders to come together to strike a deal on the final day of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson is in Copenhagen. Download MP3Canada’s oil sands
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Whatever may come out of Copenhagen, one tough issue that won’t go away soon is the controversy over Canada’s oil sands. Environmentalists are up in arms about the destructive impacts of extracting and refining bitumen in northern Alberta. Canada is under fire but it’s the US that buys much of the oil. New pipelines are under construction to bring even more of it south. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. Download MP3
Talking Travel: Copenhagen and holiday travel
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Pity the poor delegates to the Climate Conference in Copenhagen. They’re all stuck inside that conference hall. That’s too bad, because Copenhagen and Denmark have a lot to offer a tourist. In our Talking Travel podcast with Lonely Planet, we’ll tell you about some of those tourist spots. We’ll also discuss holiday travel, which sometimes, as you’ll hear, involves spiders in Burma. (Photo: Christer Frederiksson for Lonely Planet)
Best Global Music 2009
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Just under a week to go before Christmas is upon us. We brought in Tom Schnabel, music programmer at KCRW, to discuss our top World music picks of the year. And maybe, just maybe it will spur you to make a last minute addition to your list. Download MP3
Murder of Russian priest creates tension
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One month ago Father Daniil Sysoyev was killed by a masked gunman in St. Thomas Church in southern Moscow (pictured). The Russian Orthodox priest was a high-profile critic of Islam who actively sought Muslim converts, and so suspicion fell on Muslims. Although no one has been arrested, tensions between the church and leaders of the Islamic community are rising as Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Laura Lynch)
Serbia’s travel bargain
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Matthew Brunwasser reports from Belgrade on a relaxation of European travel restrictions that allows people from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to enter other parts of Europe without visas. But in return, Serbia has to enact tough controls on migration and accept the return of tens of thousands of Serbs still living illegally in the EU.
Pakistan corruption crisis
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Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool about a corruption crisis roiling the ranks of Pakistan’s political elite. It’s a situation that might have ramifications for American security interests in the region.
Iran-Iraq border crossing incident
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Iraq says Iranian soldiers today crossed into southern Iraq and took control of an oil well. The World’s Matthew Bell reports that border disputes are not new that oil-rich region.
Geo Quiz and Geo Answer
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The World’s daily geography puzzler. Today we ask listeners to name the site in Beijing where a winter festival is due to open tomorrow. The answer is INSIDE the Bird’s Nest Stadium built for the 2008 Olympic Games. The stadium’s field and running track are now covered in 3 feet of artificial snow.
A winter forecast
It’s a winter forecast for today’s Geo Quiz. Lots of places are battling with snow and frigid temperatures right now.
Music Heard on Air for December 18, 2009
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for December 18, 2009. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Kila, Bela Fleck, Oran Etkin.
Tech Podcast 271: Drones, tech in crisis, and the Copenhagen Wheel
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It’s a nice line-up for the last podcast of 2009. We’ve got an item on the MIT SENSEable City Lab’s Copenhagen Wheel project. Turn your ordinary bike into an e-bike. Cool. Also, we revisit drones, and we hear all about the pluses and minuses of technologies in times of crisis, political and otherwise. PHOTO: Max Tomasinelli
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