In early December, Copenhagen will play host to the UN Conference on Climate Change, where world leaders will gather to work on agreement to reduce emissions and slow the effects of global warming.

What are the Copenhagen talks? Cartoon essayist for Twin Cities Public Television David Gillette will be there, and here he explains why:

It almost goes with out saying that climate change and the global economy are intimately linked. As Marketplace reports in the series The Climate Race, countries like China are already coming up with ways to profit from climate change technology.

“If carbon capture and storage becomes a global market, China could well be the manufacturing hub for much of the equipment. Just as they’re manufacturing everything else that we use in our day to day lives,” Energy Consultant Bill Senior told Marketplace’s Scott Tung.

Nightly Business Report’s Darren Gersh looks at the economic impact of cutting greenhouse gases here in the U.S.

For a selection of stories on climate change, check out this PRX playlist, which includes stories and documentaries covering the science behind global warming and the political impact of climate change ahead of the Copenhagen talks. In the Inside Out documentary Heat of the Moment, Daniel Gross visits Paris, India, Bangladesh, and South Africa to report on the effects of climate change.