World Chronicle 939: Margot Wallström, European Commissioner for the Environment

Tony Jenkins interviews Margot Wallström, the European Commissioner for the Environment, for World Chronicle program 939.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:01
• Production Date: 28 April 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JACK FREEMAN; MARGOT WALLSTRÖM; SUSANNAH PRICE; TONY JENKINS
• Corporate Name: EUROPEAN UNION - EU
• Subject Topical: CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT
• Geographic Subject: EUROPE
• MAMS Id: 2184062
• Parent Id: 824977

Description

"Europe and the. Environment: Chemicals Control and Climate Change"

Europe is proposing tough regulations on chemicals: a system (called REACH) to register, evaluate and approve thousands of substances that are used in manufacturing the things we use every day.

The plan is intended to protect citizens of countries in the European Union from harmful chemicals in their environment, but has been criticized as being a trade barrier by some of the EU's economic competitors.

How good is the data on chemicals in the environment and in the human body? How important are environmental issues in the global agenda? Are scenarios of sudden global climate change realistic, or do they discourage people from taking action to save the planet?

These are some of the questions addressed in this edition of World Chronicle, featuring Margot Wallström, the European Commissioner for the Environment.

• Scripts: File; 939.pdf (41.3 KB)