Mario J. Molina
Interview
Nobel Prize Talks: Mario Molina
Released 2014-04-11
The vast majority of experts agree that climate change is taking place and that human activity has a role to play. ”The risks are unacceptable”, says Mario Molina, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, who has chaired a new report on climate change. But the good news is that we can do something about it. In this conversation he talks about how they have worked with economists and professional communicators in order to clarify the message to the public and work towards a shift in public policy.
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Interview with 1995 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Mario Molina, 19 May 2011. The interviewer is Agneta Wallin Levinovitz, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org.
Mario Molina talks about what made him interested in science; his sources of inspiration (4:07); his work with F. Sherwood Rowland (8:36); his current work in air quality and global change issues (15:40); and what the Nobel Prize has meant to him (29:52).
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
