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For three years, CO2 emissions had stabilised, but they have risen again this year.
For three years, CO2 emissions had stabilised, but they have risen again this year. We report from the UN climate change summit in Bonn, Germany, and we find out what's behind the increase in emissions from the lead researcher on today's report, Professor Corinne Le Quere from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at East Anglia University while John Coequyt, Global climate Policy Director at the Sierra Club weighs in on whether there’s any question China is the driving factor behind the predicted rise. Also in the programme, a merger Monday full of headlines for Wall Street: Hasbro and Mattel – two of America’s biggest toymakers – are said to be in talks about a tie up. CFRA Research’s Keith Snyder explains what that could mean for the industry, while Peter Jankowskis of Oakbrook Investments has the details of a breakdown in talks between Qualcomm and Broadcom, as wekk as a peak at a big change at General Electric. Then, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus joins us to talk about why mico-finance has become a controversial topic.
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