John Sauven

In a HARDtalk interview shown on 11th June 2008, Stephen Sackur talks to John Sauven, the Executive Director of Greenpeace UK.

Across the world oil and food prices are soaring. In the rich world lifestyles are under pressure, in poor countries life itself is at stake.

At the root of it all is the growing pressure on global resources.

When economies go sour, how much harder is it to persuade governments to pursue a more sustainable agenda?

Stephen Sackur asks John Sauven if it's time for green campaingers to have a radical rethink.

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