In this edition of World View Patrick Smyth discusses the prospects for COP21 and France's determination to lead the charge against global warming with Harry McGee and Diarmuid Torney, author of European Climate Leadership in Question: Policies toward China and India. They also evaluate Ireland's role in this issue.

Later in the podcast Patrick is joined by Lara Marlowe in France and they consider the recent decision there by some councils to remove a non pork option from school menus for Muslim children.

World View is a weekly foreign affairs podcast. It is presented by Patrick Smyth and produced by Sinead O'Shea.