Listening 2: Exceptions to free trade

Listen to Michael Kitson talking about exceptions to free trade, and answer the
questions.
1 Why would the developing country not want to specialize only in cloth?
2 What would help or enable the country to move into new sectors?
3 what reasons does Kitson give for considering an industry or sector as strategic in an
advanced country?
4 What example does he give of a strategic industry, and what are its advantages?

Unit 28 Economics and ecology

Comprehension
1 Why does Christian Collier think it is not necessary to invest today In technologies that
will reduce the future impact of climate change?
2 Why would the benefits, in the distant future, of spending money today be small?
3 What policies does Gollier say would help people in poor countries today?
4 What effect does Collier say cutting carbon dioxide emissions will have on poor
countries?

Listening 1: A big step forward

Martin Beniston Is Professor of Climatology at the University of Geneva.
Listen to him talking about climate change and answer the questions.
1 What examples does Martin Beniston give of 'moving forward in the right direction'?
2 What is Beniston's reservation about the G8 Declaration?
3 How does he describe China and India,
4 what is the situation regarding these countries?
Listening 2: Emerging technologies
Listen to Martin Beniston talking about emerging technologies.
1 Fill In the gaps.
Well, I think if we look at all the emerging technologies related to sort of
1

__________ ____________and other 2 ____________ _______________technologies,

it's Certainly more of an opportunity than a 3_________________ I think much of the

________________of politicians up till now, and the general public to some extent,
related to the climate change issue was that one had the impression that, you know, to try
and become 5_______________ ______________ or to try and revert ... reverse the, you
know, global warming, would mean going back to the Stone Age or to the Middle Ages or
something, you know, this is not really the case, I mean it's not at all the
case. And certainly there are huge 6_____________________ out there for, you know,
transform the economy, and transformations of technology, and so on, so I would say ... in
fact if you look at some of the more progressive countries towards environmentally
friendly technologies you do see that 7 _________________has actually grown in places
like Denmark, while at the same time carbon 8___________________ have not progressed
at all and have even 9 _______________ to some extent, the same for Sweden even if the
Swedish case is less spectacular. So it does show that you can
10
___________________carbon emissions from economic growth, so why not take that
route?

2 What does carbon neutral mean?

3 Explain in your own words the false impression that Martin Beniston talks about.

Listening 3: Can we ignore the problem for now?

Listen to Martin Beniston reacting to Christian Gollier's argument (above) about
letting future generations deal with global warming. and answer the questions.
1 To what extent does he agree?
2 What are the reasons for starting to act now?
3 What does he say about the future economic situation of the countries of the south?
4 What examples of negative impacts of climate change does he give?