BBC: Climate curbs need 'people power'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892992.stm

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Climate curbs need 'people power'

By Mark Kinver
Science and environment reporter, BBC News

The battle against climate change can only be won "in the hands of the many, not the few", a top scientist has said.

Jacqueline McGlade, head of the European Environment Agency (EEA), warned the current approach left the public sidelined as "silent observers".

Political and business leaders were not able to tackle the problem without help from ordinary people, she added.

Professor McGlade said environmental policies would also benefit from data based on public observations.

"There is just no way that we are going to be able to shift ourselves to tackle the fundamental problems of the crisis without addressing public participation," she told BBC News.

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