On Air: WHYS from Copenhagen

We broadcast a discussion on climate change from the Copenhagen Concert Hall with 450 young people from around the world.  Sheetal live- blogged the event at 1300 GMT so below you have  a play-by-play of how the event unfolded. 

While we’re in Copenhagen…

See videos here (and below on this blog)
See pictures here
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We’re recording at 13GMT, you can follow debate here on blog live, and then listen at normal time.

Should you get priority organ transplant treatment if you carry a donor card?

 

Do you carry a donor card? If so, and you live in Israel, come 2011 that same card will give you priority access to an organ transplant. And, not only you but your partner and close relatives will also have priority benefits should they need it.

How come? Well, Israel has become the first country to give donor carriers a legal right to priority treatment should require an organ transplant. The new law is intended to boost donation rates in Israel which have been called ‘grim’ by Prof. Jacob Lavee who is an advocate of the reform.

Questions from Copenhagen

On Wednesday evening we met a large group of what the British Council is calling ‘climate change champions’. They’re from all over the world and are sleeping a series of large rooms in a college in central Copenhagen. Below are some issues they suggested that we talk about. In the spirit of the summit, we agreed these wouldn’t be binging until we’d run them by everyone on the blog, but it’s a really useful start…

Police sweep the venue