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Sustainable Development | Lord Patten | Oxford Union
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November 14, 2012
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3:20Now PlayingLord Patten discusses Sustainable Development.
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Lord Patten speaks briefly on Sustainable Development. He also gives his opinion on Global Warming and the consequences of not having done enough to prevent or prepare for it.
Filmed on Friday 12th October 2012
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ABOUT LORD PATTEN:
Lord Patten is the Chancellor of Oxford University and the Chairman of the BBC Trust. A former politician, he was Secretary of State for the Environment under Margaret Thatcher and, in 1990, became the Chairman of the Conservative Party. He is often credited with securing the surprise Conservative victory in the 1992 General Election. As the last British Governor of Hong Kong, he oversaw its handover to China in 1997 and served as one of Britain's two representatives to the European Commission from 2000 to 2004.
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