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World leaders struggle to bridge key differences ahead of December’s U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen. Diane and her guests discuss the prospects for an international treaty to curb greenhouse gases.
Janos Pasztor, Director of the United Nation's Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team.
Connie Hedegaard, Climate and Energy Minister of Denmark
Juliet Eilperin, Environmental reporter, Washington Post
Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Kenneth Lieberthal, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution; Former senior director for Asia at the National Security Council.
Behind the headlines of the recession: A New York Times correspondent reports on ordinary people whose lives were upended by risk and easy money and suggests ways to renew American economic stability.
Peter Goodman, "New York Times" national economic correspondent
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