Climate Conversation

Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 2:56 p.m.

b'The Paris climate talks are scheduled to go ahead despite the terrorist attacks, and attendees hope to sign an international agreement on climate change.\\xa0A BBC reporter covering the meetings tells us what we can expect from the conference.\\nAlso, it\\u2019s unclear whether Pope Francis himself will travel to the City of Light, but his encyclical may have already influenced the talks there.\\xa0A historian considers whether the Church\\u2019s acceptance of climate change represents a departure from its historical positions on science.\\xa0Galileo, anyone?\\nPlus, Hollywood may have stretched the science facts to maximum effect in its cli-sci thriller, The Day After Tomorrow, but find out why the film may not be pure fiction.\\xa0\\nAnd why the developing world may take most of the hit as the planet warms.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nSybren Druifhout \\u2013 Physical oceanographer and climate scientist, Netherlands Meteorological Institute and the University of Southampton, U.K.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nVirginia Burkett \\u2013 Associate Director for Climate and Land Use Change at the United States Geological Survey, and one of the Nobel Prize winning authors of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\\u2019s fourth assessment report\\xa0\\n\\n\\nJohn Durant \\u2013 Director of the MIT Museum and teacher in the MIT Science, Technology and Society program\\n\\n\\nMatt McGrath - Environment correspondent for the BBC, based in London\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'