New book predicts climate catastrophe

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Updated July 17, 2008 11:16:43

A new book launched today criticises the Australian Government's response to climate change and says even the economist Ross Garnaut has drastically underestimated the threat facing the planet.

The authors are climate policy analysts who warn there's now a 90 per cent risk of global catastrophe.

Presenter: Jane Cowan
Seaker: Author and climate policy analyst David Spratt

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