Environment
Climate crisis needs empowered people
Jacqueline McGlade
People power is at the heart of the effort to beat climate change, says Professor Jacqueline McGlade, head of the European Environment Agency. In this week’s Green Room, she says that the task is so great, and the timescale so tight, that we can no longer wait for governments and businesses to act.
It is no longer sufficient to develop passive lists or reports to ‘inform’ citizens of changes in our environment
The key to protecting and enhancing our environment is in the hands of the many, not the few…
From: BBC Scotland (The weekly discussion).