Welcome to our program. Today we have invited Fred Watson, an expert on the environment to talk to us.
Hello, everybody.
There are so many environmental problems in the world today. Mr. Watson, do you think we can really solve them all?
I hope that world leaders can get together and agree on a plan for action.
We need to solve the problem of air pollution. There's lots of clean modern technology that's out there.
But many companies say it's too expensive. And developing countries pay more attention to industrial development than to environment protection.
Everyone is looking at the problem in the short-term rather than the long-term.
It's the same with the damage of the rainforests. Most companies just want the wood.
They're not thinking about the long-term damage to the forests.
No. In other parts of the world, especially in Africa, climate change and over-farming are causing farmland to turn into desert.
And damaging the environment actually leads to conflicts between people around the world.
You're right.