Alle afleveringen van The Climate Question – pagina 3 van 7

What do melting glaciers mean for the Himalayas?

9 december 2024 · 26 min

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Climate change is melting thousands of glaciers in the Himalayas and having a devastating impact on the people who live there. The BBC's Caroline Davies has just been to the Pakistani side of the world's highest mountain range: she tells Graihagh Jackson how villagers are coping, and how they are determined to stay put despite the risks of floods and the disruption to their traditional way of life. Lees meer

You can watch Caroline's reporting from Pakistan here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00246nx/from-above-melting-glaciers

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter in Pakistan: Caroline Davies
Producers in Pakistan: Fakhir Munir, Usman Zahid, Kamil Dayan Khan
Producers in London: Ellie House and Osman Iqbal
Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Was the COP climate summit a success?

25 november 2024 · 24 min

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For two weeks, nearly 200 countries have been in Azerbaijan trying to come to an agreement on climate change and how to finance the transition to clean and green economies in developing nations. At COP 29, there were walk-outs, there was drama, and then there was a deal - of sorts. Graihagh Jackson is joined by an all-star panel to re-cap what happened and ask what all of this means for our planet. Lees meer

Guests:
Justin Rowlatt, BBC Climate Editor
Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations and Environment at the Pardee School and President of WWF
David Victor, Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the University of California, San Diego
Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the UN Convention on Wetlands

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenters: Graihagh Jackson with Jordan Dunbar
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Giles Aspen

How does climate change affect me?

22 november 2024 · 12 min

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In his latest climate change 101, Jordan Dunbar looks at how climate change affects our everyday lives. He discusses the impact on our weather with BBC forecaster Louise Lear; while BBC Africa business journalist Clare Muthinji looks at what a warmer world means for the economy - from prices at the supermarket to where we go on holiday! Lees meer

CORRECTION: In this episode we quote an London School of Economics report that found food prices are 37% higher due to climate change.
This is incorrect. While the LSE report found food prices rising globally in part due to climate change, the 37% figure comes from a different piece of research.

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter and Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Researchers: Octavia Woodward, Osman Iqbal and Tsogzolmaa Shofyor
Sound Design: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

What do developing nations want from the big climate summit?

18 november 2024 · 23 min

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When Cyclone Freddy swept through Malawi, it left 100s of thousands of people destitute. Now, survivors are among the first in the world to receive a new kind of climate compensation to relocate and rebuild their lives. This "loss and damage" funding is one of the key issues at the COP meeting in Baku. This year, the focus of the global climate summit is the help which more developed nations should give to countries in the Global South. Lees meer

Graihagh Jackson hears directly from Malawians who've received international climate aid, in their case from Scotland. And she asks Scottish First Minister, John Swinney: Is the money enough?

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
BBC Africa Reporter in Malawi: Ashley Lime
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Anne Okumu
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

What progress have we made on fighting climate change?

15 november 2024 · 13 min

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In his latest climate change 101, Jordan Dunbar looks at the world's success stories. These include the rise of renewable energy, greener urban planning and deep - if insufficient - cuts in carbon emissions. His guest is Dr Caterina Brandmayr, Director of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London. Lees meer

Presenter and Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Researchers: Octavia Woodward and Tsogzolmaa Shofyor
Sound Design: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

The Climate Question x Global News Podcast: Listeners Questions Special

11 november 2024 · 51 min

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In a special programme, The Climate Question join forces with The Global News Podcast to tackle listeners' climate questions from around the world. Lees meer

How does war impact climate change? How can we protect small island nations? And what practical actions can we all take as individuals? Plus, what to look out for at COP 29, The UN's annual Climate Change conference, set to open in Azerbaijan.

The Climate Question’s Graihagh Jackson, BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, and Global News Podcast host Nick Miles, provide the answers to a whole range of fascinating questions.

Producers: Anna Murphy and Osman Iqbal
Sound Engineers: James Piper and Tom Brignell
Editors: Karen Martin and Simon Watts

Tell us what you think of the show or send us your own climate question. Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

Trump wins: What does it mean for the climate?

9 november 2024 · 26 min

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How will the US election result alter climate policy at home and abroad? Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar hear from BBC Environment Correspondent Matt McGrath, US Environment Correspondent Carl Nasman and Zerin Osho, Director of the India Programme at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development in Washington DC. Lees meer

Producers: Octavia Woodward and Jordan Dunbar
Sound Mix: Neil Churchill
Editor: Simon Watts

Tell us what you think of the show or send us your own climate question. Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

How is climate misinformation evolving?

4 november 2024 · 26 min

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Climate science and reporting are vital to understanding how our climate is changing and what we can do about it. But false information about climate change spread online is causing big problems. It’s no longer just about saying that climate change isn't happening; it’s increasingly about spreading uncertainty about its causes, its speed and the solutions. That’s making climate misinformation and disinformation harder to spot - and more divisive. Lees meer

Host Jordan Dunbar is joined by Jacqui Wakefield, global disinformation reporter with the BBC World Service and guests Marco Silva, climate disinformation journalist at BBC Verify and Prof Michael E Mann, climatologist and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania.

Researcher: Tsogzolmaa Shofyor
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Editor: Simon Watts

Tell us what you think of the show or send us your own climate question. Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

Should we put a price on nature?

28 oktober 2024 · 26 min

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Everyone who steps outside can appreciate the value that the natural world brings to our lives. To some people, the idea of placing a monetary value on trees and mangrove forests is wrong because nature and its gifts are priceless. But others say the love of nature has not stopped it from being polluted or destroyed. Lees meer

The natural world plays a major role in capturing the carbon from our atmosphere. A marketplace now exists where countries and big businesses can pay others to protect their forests, swamps and bogs in return for offsetting their emissions. But several of these schemes have faced scandal and corruption. Could the world’s largest biodiversity conference in Colombia, COP16, help put a stop to that?

Presenters Kate Lamble and Jordan Dunbar are joined by Kevin Conrad, founder, Coalition for Rainforests; Tina Stege, climate envoy, Marshall Islands; Pavan Sukhdev, chief executive officer, GIST

Tell us what you think of the show or send us your own climate question. Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

Producers: Darin Graham and Graihagh Jackson
Researcher: Natasha Fernandez
Reporter: Gloria Bivigou
Series producers: Alex Lewis and Simon Watts
Sound engineers: Graham Puddifoot and Tom Brignell

Your questions answered: The value of trees, "black" oxygen, AI's carbon footprint

21 oktober 2024 · 26 min

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Climate Question listeners take over the programme again with their head-scratchers. Graihagh Jackson and her panel: Justin Rowlatt, BBC climate editor,
Akshat Rathi, senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News and host of Bloomberg's Zero podcast and Caroline Steel, presenter of BBC Crowdscience,
ponder the impact of deforestation and marvel at the beauty of sequoia trees, which can live for more than 1000 years. Lees meer

There are also questions on the carbon cost of generative AI, the discovery of "black" oxygen in our oceans and deep-sea mining.

Plus, which animal has the biggest carbon footprint?

If you've got a query, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com or leave a Whatsapp message on +44 8000 321 721

Producer: Osman Iqbal
Sound mix: Gareth Jones and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Is the climate on the ballot at the US election?

14 oktober 2024 · 26 min

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The southern US state of Georgia has received billions of dollars in investment in clean technology, creating tens of thousands of jobs at solar power factories and electric vehicle factories. It is also on the front-line of extreme weather - facing the threat of hurricanes, heatwaves and drought. So will voters in this swing state be considering climate change when they cast their ballots for the US presidential election in November? And how are politicians in Georgia talking about the issue. Jordan Dunbar takes a road trip across the state to find out. Lees meer

Got a question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter: Jordan Dunbar
Producer: Beth Timmins
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Why don’t we use more geothermal energy?

7 oktober 2024 · 26 min

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Geothermal energy is renewable, reliable and powerful. So, why is most of it untapped? Lees meer

That’s what our listener, Anna in the UK, wants to know. Full disclosure, she’s a geologist and is thoroughly perplexed by the lack of uptake. Geothermal is renewable, reliable and abundant and yet, less than 1% of the world’s energy is generated from it.

Host Graihagh Jackson hears about a team in Iceland who hope to "super-charge" geothermal power by drilling directly into volcanic magma. And she travels to Germany to visit Vulcan Energy, a company which is combining geothermal with extracting one of the world's most sought-after metals: Lithium. Plus, our reporter in Indonesia tells Graihagh about local opposition to some geothermal power plants.

Got a question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Host: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter in Indonesia: Johanes Hutabarat
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Sound Mix: James Beard
Editor: Simon Watts

What's it like like losing your home to the sea?

30 september 2024 · 26 min

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Experts predict that millions of people around the world will have to migrate by 2050 because of sea level rise linked to climate change. How will they cope? Jordan Dunbar hears stories from Fiji and the UK. Lees meer

Email us your comments and questions to theclimatequestion@bbc.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter: Jordan Dunbar
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Graihagh Jackson
Sound mix: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

News update: Sea level rise, Mexico's "green" president, Ivory Coast's chocolate crisis

23 september 2024 · 26 min

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The United Nations has just published a worrying new report about the rate of sea level rise in the Pacific. BBC climate reporter Esme Stallard talks us through the details. Lees meer

Plus, Mexico is preparing for the inauguration of an environmental scientist as its new president. The BBC's Will Grant heads to a bustling market in Mexico City to report on Claudia Sheinbaum's record in her previous job as mayor of one of the world's biggest metropolises.

And we hear how climate change is fuelling a crisis for cocoa growers in Ivory Coast - and sending global prices for chocolate sky high. John Murphy from the BBC's Assignment podcast has that story.

Email us your comments and questions to theclimatequestion@bbc.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter and Producer: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter: Esme Stallard, Will Grant, John Murphy
Sound engineer: Morgan Roberts and David Crackles
Editor: Simon Watts

Somalia: Where climate change meets conflict

17 september 2024 · 26 min

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BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt travels to Somalia to investigate the links between global warming and the decades-long conflict there. He hears how Somalis are responding by launching businesses and their own renewables industry. Lees meer

Presenter: Justin Rowlatt
Producer in Somalia: Stuart Phillips
Producers in London: Miho Tanaka, Sara Hegarty
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell and David Crackles
Editor: Simon Watts

What’s the future of wine in a warming world?

8 september 2024 · 26 min

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Climate change is transforming wine production around the world. New wine-growing regions are emerging, where the conditions have never been better; while for many traditional producers, drought and rising temperatures are causing a crisis. How is the changing climate impacting the taste and origin of wine, and who are the winners and losers? Lees meer

Presenter Sophie Eastaugh heads to the Crouch Valley in Essex, England, to find out why the area’s becoming a hotspot for boutique wine. And she travels to Penedes in Catalonia, where one of Spain’s oldest family wine companies, Familia Torres, are battling a four-year drought. How can traditional wine growers adapt to the challenge of a warming world?

Featuring:
Katie & Umut Yesil, Co-founders of Riverview Crouch Valley wine in Essex
Duncan McNeil, vineyard manager in Essex
Miguel Torres, President of Familia Torres in Spain
Josep Sabarich, Chief Winemaker at Familia Torres
Mireia Torres, Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Familia Torres

Email us your comments and questions to theclimatequestion@bbc.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Production team:
Presenter: Sophie Eastaugh
Producers: Sophie Eastaugh, Jordan Dunbar and Osman Iqbal
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Why is climate change fuelling child marriage?

2 september 2024 · 24 min

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Extreme weather, such as droughts and storms, is increasing the risk of more girls being pushed into child marriage. Graihagh Jackson speaks to girls and parents in Bangladesh who are experiencing these impacts first hand, and finds out why this is happening and what is being done to stop the problem. Lees meer

A huge thanks to UNICEF and Save the Children's Gabrielle Szabo, for their help in making this programme.

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter: Tasnim Khandoker
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Additional Production: Farhana Haider
Production co-ordinators: Brenda Brown, Sophie Hill
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

26 augustus 2024 · 23 min

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Engineers across the globe, from China to East Africa and the US, are turning to a new, nature-based solutions to fight floods, which are becoming more likely in many places because of climate change. They’re taking a pickaxe to asphalt and concrete and instead are restoring wetlands, parks and riverbanks, turning our metropolises into so-called ‘sponge cities’. Plants, trees and lakes act just like a sponge, mopping up rainwater instead of letting it pool and eventually flood our homes. Lees meer

Professor Priti Parikh tells Jordan Dunbar how these spongey solutions have many benefits beyond flooding, encouraging biodiversity, helping our mental health and storing the planet warming gas, carbon dioxide. The BBC’s China Correspondent, Laura Bicker, meets the man who came up with the concept, Professor Kongjian Yu, and visits Zhengzhou, a sponge city in the making. And Katya Reyna tells Jordan how her NGO is helping low-income communities in Portland in the US to ‘depave’ disused car parks, turning them into plant-oases.

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Contributors:
Priti Parikh, Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, University College London and a Trustee at the Institution of Civil Engineers
Laura Bicker, BBC China Correspondent
Professor Kongjian Yu, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Peking University in Beijing
Katya Reyna, Co-Director of Depave, in Portland, USA

Producers: Graihagh Jackson, Ben Cooper and Joyce Liu
Mixing: Tom Brignell and Andy Fell
Editor: Simon Watts

Your questions answered: Geo-engineering; keeping houses cool; the climate powers of sharks

19 augustus 2024 · 25 min

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Presenter Graihagh Jackson and her regular panel take Climate Questions from listeners. BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, Prof Tamsin Edwards of King's College London, and Dr Akshat Rathi, senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News, discuss ideas for geo-engineering the atmosphere, the links between climate change and shipping, and which animals do the best job of helping us store carbon. Lees meer

Plus, Graihagh visits a Climate Question listener to investigate his idea of using yoghurt to keep our homes cool in heatwaves!

If you've got a head-scratcher, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com or leave a Whatsapp message on +44 8000 321 721

Producer: Osman Iqbal
Sound Engineers: Andy Fell and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

How are Afghans fighting climate change?

12 augustus 2024 · 26 min

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Climate change has been tightening its grip on the people of Afghanistan, with flood after flood and drought after drought. It’s considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, not just because it’s warming twice as fast as the global average, but because its people’s ability to fight back has been severely hampered by decades of conflict and war. To add insult to injury, Afghanistan has contributed very little to the industrial emissions that fuel the global climate crisis. Lees meer

Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, financial aid to help locals adapt has drastically dropped, leaving Afghans to take matters into their own hands.
But presenters Graihagh Jackson and Barry Sadid hear how the diaspora is helping villages back home to build life-saving dams and protect themselves against extreme weather. And we ask if there’s a way for foreign governments to financially support Afghanistan without legitimizing the Taliban.

Experts include:
Dr Orzala Nemat, Development Research Group LTD
Najib Sadid, an Afghan hydrologist based in Germany
Naim Yosufi, Project Manager for the Daikundi Irrigation Project
Mohammad Ayoub, Keil Mosque, Germany

Have a question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com or Whatsapp +44 8000 321 721, starting your message with "climate"

Producers: Jordan Dunbar and Barry Sadid from BBC Monitoring
Sound Engineers: Tom Brignell and Hal Haines
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford, Sophie Hill, Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts

The Climate Question meets People Fixing The World

5 augustus 2024 · 28 min

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In this special programme, the Climate Question team join forces with our World Service colleagues from People Fixing The World to share some of our favourite ways of fighting the impacts of climate change. Lees meer

Jordan Dunbar and Myra Anubi discuss solutions big and small - from tidal power in Northern Ireland to floating solar panels in Albania. Plus, we hear about pioneering community initiatives to protect forests in Borneo and Colombia

Production team: Osman Iqbal, Zoe Gelber, Craig Langran, Tom Colls, Jon Bithrey and Simon Watts
Sound mix: Neil Churchill, Hal Haines, Gareth Jones and Tom Brignell

Got a question for The Climate Question? Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
or Whatsapp +44 8000 321 721, starting your message with "climate"

Can Science Fiction help us fight climate change?

29 juli 2024 · 26 min

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The acclaimed US sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson is also a star in the world of climate activism because his work often features climate change - on Earth and beyond. Robinson has been a guest speaker at the COP climate summit, and novels such as The Ministry For The Future and The Mars Trilogy are admired by everyone from Barack Obama to former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. Robinson's books are not just imaginative but scientifically accurate, and some of their ideas have even inspired new thinking about climate-proofing technology. Kim Stanley Robinson has been talking to the Climate Question team. Lees meer

Presenters: Jordan Dunbar and Graihagh Jackson
Producer: Ben Cooper
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell

Got a question for The Climate Question? Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

What do this year's election results mean for our warming world?

22 juli 2024 · 23 min

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Some of the world's biggest carbon emitters - including the EU, India and Indonesia - have just had elections. Will the results change their climate policies? Lees meer

Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar are joined by Anna Holligan, BBC correspondent in the Netherlands; Carl Nasman, BBC climate journalist based in Washington; and BBC climate reporter Esme Stallard.

Producers: Ben Cooper and Graihagh Jackson
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound mix: Tom Brignell

Can technology fight flooding in cities?

16 juli 2024 · 26 min

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With more and more people moving to cities, informal settlements are expected to grow. When floods hit these unplanned places, it can be disastrous, as we often don’t know much about them. Crucial questions often remain difficult to answer, like how many people live there, what are the buildings made of, and could they withstand a flood? Lees meer

In the township of Alexandra in Johannesburg, the BBC’s Nomsa Maseko visits a project using drones and artificial intelligence to shed some light on the situation, helping authorities prevent the worst impacts of flooding. And in Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil, we hear how an innovative digital map helped the emergency response – and will soon be available to all for free across the world.

Featuring:
Rodrigo Rocha, Partner at the Responsive Cities Institute, Porto Alegre
Dr Caroline Gevaert, Associate Professor at the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente
Nomsa Maseko, the BBC’s South Africa Correspondent

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Presenter: Jordan Dunbar
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Editors: Sophie Eastaugh and Simon Watts
Sound designer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown

What can we do to reduce black carbon?

9 juli 2024 · 26 min

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This little-known pollutant is making us sick and driving the climate crisis. It commonly comes from burning coal, diesel or wood and has a habit of getting stuck in people’s lungs as well as causing glaciers to melt. Lees meer

In Nepal, home to some of the world’s most beautiful glaciers, we meet journalist Tulsi Rauniyar, who tells us all about the impact black carbon is having on women and children. She meets Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, a glacier expert who maps the ice losses in the Himalayas. Zerin Osho from the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development helps us understand why black carbon is so important - but often forgotten - in the fight against climate change, and how we can change that.

NOTE: The figure given in this programme for the exact amount of global warming linked to black carbon is incorrect. The correct figure will be included in this programme description once re-checked.

Got a question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Designer: Tom Brignell

How are athletes adapting to extreme heat?

3 juli 2024 · 26 min

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The Paris Olympics are less than a month away. The last games in Tokyo were one of the hottest on record, with more than a hundred athletes suffering heat-related illnesses. And France, the host of this year’s Olympics, is no stranger to heatwaves – the country has seen 23 since 2010. Lees meer

So how are top athletes training their bodies to not only perform at their best in high temperatures, but also to protect their health? Presenter Qasa Alom heads inside a sweltering, state of the art heat chamber at Leeds Beckett University to find out how one of the fastest marathon runners in Britain, Phil Sesemann, is maximising his chances of success in his Olympic debut.

Other athletes are more used to these conditions. We join India’s top triathlete, Pragnya Mohan, for a training run and hear what it’s like to compete when the thermometer climbs above 45 degrees Celsius.

More and more athletes are adopting heat training strategies in a warming world - but do they affect men and women the same? Dr Jessica Mee, Research Fellow at the University of Worcester tells us about her pioneering research into the impacts of heat on women’s bodies.

Featuring:
Phil Sesemann, Team GB Olympic marathon runner
Pragnya Mohan, Indian National Champion and South Asian Champion triathlete
Dr Jessica Mee, Research Fellow in female health and heat strain at the University of Worcester
Dan Snapes, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sports and Excercise Physiology at Leeds Beckett University

Email us at: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Presenter: Qasa Alom
Producer: Sophie Eastaugh
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown

How do you negotiate a good climate deal?

23 juni 2024 · 23 min

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As a new play depicts the landmark global climate change agreement, the Kyoto protocol, Jordan Dunbar has a front row seat. He heads to the historic English town of Stratford-Upon-Avon to watch the opening night of the play, Kyoto, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He hears why the writers, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson decided to dramatize the seemingly slow and tedious action of a global climate change conference. And the duo explain their goal to highlight Kyoto as a ‘parable of agreement’ in a world full of disagreement. Lees meer

The programme also hears from two veterans of many real world climate change negotiations, including the Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement to set legally binding targets. Christiana Figueres was responsible for leading climate negotiations as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Farhana Yamin provided legal and strategy advice to the leaders of AOSIS, the Alliance of Small Island States at Kyoto and nearly every UN climate summit since. Christiana is now the host of the 'Outrage And Optimism' podcast.

Got a question, comment or experience you’d like to share? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com

Presenter: Jordan Dunbar
Producers: Phoebe Keane and Octavia Woodward
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound mix: Tom Brignell

Why is defending forests so deadly?

17 juni 2024 · 26 min

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Someone dies every other day protecting the environment, according to data gathered by the campaign group, Global Witness. Even higher numbers of people are attacked or threatened. Lees meer

To understand why this is happening, the BBC’s East and Central Europe Correspondent, Nick Thorpe travels to the foothills of the Carpathians in Romania, to show us how important the forests there are in fighting climate change, why they’re subject to high levels of illegal logging and consequently, clashes with environmentalists. One activist, Gabriel Păun of Agent Green, describes the numerous and brutal attacks he’s experiences whilst out documenting illegal logging. We also hear from a mother, whose son was murdered when he confronted a ‘wood thief’ in 2019. Laura Furones from Global Witness tells host Graihagh Jackson why this is happening around the world and what we can do about it.

Got a question, comment or experience you’d like to share? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com

Produced and presented by Graihagh Jackson. Additional production by Osman Iqbal.
Editor: Simon Watts
Mixing: Tom Brignell

Are we spending enough on renewable energy?

9 juni 2024 · 26 min

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There’s been a lot happening in our warming world and so The Climate Question is taking a break from its usual analysis to catch you up with the latest news. From worsening turbulence and plummeting planes to new rocket launches with satellites on board that hope to unlock one of the Earth’s big mysteries: clouds... and how they might impact, and be impacted, by global heating. Lees meer

Plus, a look at the latest trends in clean, green energy technology. Are we investing enough in renewables to put the brakes on climate change?

Hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar are joined by Tim Gould from the International Energy Agency to find out about their new World Energy Investment Report and by BBC Climate Journalist Esme Stallard to discuss worsening air turbulence and what we can do about it.

Do you have any questions or comments? Email: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com

Show Notes: Check out Jordan’s YouTube videos, covering the climate basics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQYTEotCJw8&t=5s
BBC Bitesize website for kids can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2np6g8

Production Team: Octavia Woodward, Ben Cooper, Brenda Brown
Sound Engineers: Neil Churchill and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Is lab-grown meat better for the planet?

3 juni 2024 · 26 min

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Billions of dollars have been pumped into the promise of a climate-friendly way of producing meat, but is growing a steak in a lab any better for the planet than rearing a cow on a farm?
Supporters of the idea say it will dramatically reduce the impact of livestock, which is responsible for about 15% of the world’s planet-warming gases, as well as returning huge amounts of land to nature. But studies suggest cultivating meat in a lab might actually be worse for the planet, at least in the long-run – we put both claims to the test.
Graihagh Jackson presents an update of a programme first broadcast in 2023. Lees meer

Guests:
Tasneem Karodia, co-founder of Mzansi Meat, in South Africa;
John Lynch, postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford, in the UK;
Nick Marsh, the BBC’s Asia business correspondent, in Singapore

Producer: Simon Tulett
Researcher: Matt Toulson
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: China Collins
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill

Your questions answered: Climate change for kids, solar power, music for plants

27 mei 2024 · 26 min

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Graihagh Jackson is joined by her regular panel to answer climate-related questions from listeners. BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt, Prof Tamsin Edwards of King's College London, and Dr Akshat Rathi, senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News, discuss telling children about climate change, solar panels, nuclear fusion and more. Lees meer

Plus, Graihagh finds out if playing music really helps plants to grow.

If you have got a climate question, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production team: Osman Iqbal, Octavia Woodward, Neil Churchill, Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

What does China's green tech revolution mean for the world?

20 mei 2024 · 26 min

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China is scouring the globe for the raw materials of the future. How will we be affected? Graihagh Jackson investigates.

Can we build better cities for mental health and the climate?

13 mei 2024 · 26 min

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Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities – and as our numbers swell, so will our cities, especially those around the Pacific Rim, where it’s predicted our largest megacities of 10 million plus will be situated. And herein lies an opportunity: 60% of the buildings needed for 2050 are not yet built. Lees meer

Could we shape our cities into places that are good for the climate and also good for our mental health? Can we design buildings and infrastructure that make green decisions easier and also help us deal with stress or depression?

Jordan Dunbar hears about examples in the Netherlands and Egypt. Are there win-win options out there that can help the world deal with two of its biggest challenges?

Contributors:
Houssam Elokda -Urban Planner, with Happy Cities, Vancouver
Sally Nabil - BBC Arabic Egypt Correspondent, Cairo
Anna Holligan - BBC Correspondent, The Hague, Netherlands

Production Team: Graihagh Jackson, Octavia Woodward, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts
Sound Design: Tom Brignell

email theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Can we save money and save the planet?

6 mei 2024 · 26 min

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Experts say we need to be 40 per cent more energy efficient to meet our climate goals. Is that doable? And might it save us money too? Lees meer

It's a solution that's been called the main route to net zero: energy efficiency - or using less energy to get the same or better results. But there’s an issue – it's got an image problem as many people think it’s boring. And it is hard to get excited about the idea of better lightbulbs!

But energy efficiency could save us money on our bills too - especially in a warming world, where many countries will need air conditioning just to function. So does this crucial area in the fight against climate change need a rebrand. And could it even become sexy?

Presenter Jordan Dunbar talks to:
Dr Rose Mutiso - Research Director Energy for Growth Hub
Prima Madan – Director, Cooling & Energy Efficiency, International Natural Resources Defence Council, India
Kofi Agyarko – Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Ghana Energy Commission
Thomas Naadi – BBC Correspondent Ghana

Production Team: Ben Cooper, Octavia Woodward, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts
Sound Design: Tom Brignell

email: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

NOTE: The speech made by President Jimmy Carter mentioned in the programme, was made in 1977 not 1974, as stated.

What is caused (and not caused) by climate change?

29 april 2024 · 26 min

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In this episode, Graihagh Jackson explores the new field of climate attribution science with leading climatologist Dr Friederike Otto. Dr Otto's team of experts can now rapidly assess to what extent extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts or floods have - or have not - been caused by man-made climate change. Lees meer

Graihagh finds out how this information is becoming crucial for disaster planning and response. She is also joined by BBC World Service disinformation reporter Jacqui Wakefield to discuss how Dr Otto's data can help fight a growing tendency by politicians and journalists to overstate the role of climate change.

Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Jacqui Wakefield
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound design: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Bonus Ep: the climate activists who sued their government (and won)

26 april 2024 · 29 min

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In this extra episode, Graihagh Jackson hears from our friends on BBC podcast The Global Story about a case that could change the history of climate activism. Lees meer

For nearly a decade, a group of elderly women argued that Switzerland’s weak climate policies violated their human rights. Their victory – the first of its kind in the European Court of Human Rights – sets a precedent 46 countries must now follow. The BBC's climate reporter, Georgina Rannard, has been covering the case for years. She shares the women’s personal stories with presenter James Reynolds, while climate lawyer Sophie Marjanac explains what it could mean for those seeking climate justice everywhere.

The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide. They want your ideas, stories and experiences to help them understand and tell #TheGlobalStory. Email: theglobalstory@bbc.com or message/leave a voice note via WhatsApp: +44 330 123 9480.

And remember you can also email your climate-related questions and comments to Graihagh and The Climate Question team at theclimatequestion@bbc.com.

Production team for The Global Story: Laurie Kalus, Alix Pickles, Neal Razzell, Mike Regaard, Sergi Forcada Freixas, Sam Bonham.

Can we save the world's coral?

22 april 2024 · 26 min

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Corals protect humans and sustain 25% of all marine life. But reefs are under threat from climate change, and mass bleaching events mean that some scientists estimate they could disappear by 2100. Lees meer

In this episode, Graihagh Jackson is joined by BBC CrowdScience presenter, Caroline Steel. We go to Puerto Rico to see how self-duplicating, carnivorous coral could be the solution. We also speak to the scientist who helped discover what was causing coral bleaching in the first place - back when climate change was commonly denied.

Guests:
Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor of Marine Studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane
Dr Stacey Williams, Executive Director at the Institute for Socio Ecological Research

Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Caroline Steel
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell

Got a climate question you’d like answered? E-mail the team: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Can fertilisers go green?

16 april 2024 · 26 min

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Ammonia has revolutionised the way we produce our food, helping us to grow much, much more... But it’s also helping to grow global greenhouse gas emissions too. Lees meer

Synthetic fertilisers are actually responsible for around 5% of the planet-warming gases going into the air - that’s more than deforestation.

In this episode, Graihagh Jackson examines this challenge that modern agriculture poses to the climate, and finds out whether it’s possible to cut emissions from fertiliser use without cutting food production at the same time. She’ll also be joined by local reporters in Kenya to hear about innovative projects aiming to tackle this problem and turn farming green.

Do you have a climate question you’d like answered? E-mail us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporters in Kenya: Michael Kaloki and James Gitaka
Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Editors: Simon Watts and Sophie Eastaugh

Why are electric scooters, mopeds and rickshaws booming?

7 april 2024 · 27 min

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Delhi’s roads are being taken over by electric mopeds, scooters and rickshaws. More than fifty per cent of two- and three-wheelers are already electric, and the market is expected to continue growing. It’s good news for the fight against climate change. Why has the transition to green vehicles been so swift in India and what can the rest of the world learn from it? Lees meer

Graihagh Jackson speaks to reporter Sushmita Pathak, who’s been chatting to those who’ve made the switch to electric as well as those who haven’t. Akshima Ghate from the RMI Foundation and Louise Ribet of C40 cities explain why these small vehicles are so popular and what countries like India and others gain from encouraging electric uptake. From better air quality and healthier children to energy security and manufacturing expertise, there are many benefits beyond mitigating climate change.

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Editors: Sophie Eastaugh and Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Co-Ordinator: Brenda Brown

Got a question you’d like us to answer? Send an email to: TheClimateQuestion@bbc.com

How is climate change affecting animal migration?

31 maart 2024 · 27 min

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Every year, the great migration sees hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, gazelles, zebras and antelopes migrate from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara in Kenya, in search of water and juicy grass. But rising temperatures and unpredictable weather are changing this epic animal journey dramatically. It’s the same for great white sharks, which are being spotted in areas where they’d never normally live. Lees meer

Tanzanian safari guide Neema Amos takes us into the Serengeti to explain why the wildebeest migration is so important. And shark expert Trisha Atwood reveals how these changes affect not just the animals, but our fight against climate change itself.

Presenter Sophie Eastaugh is joined by:

Neema Amos, Safari Guide in Tanzania

Trisha Atwood, Associate Professor of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University

Joseph Ogutu, Senior Statistician at University of Hohenheim

Email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Producers: Sophie Eastaugh and Octavia Woodward
Editors: Graihagh Jackson and Tom Bigwood

Series Producer: Simon Watts
Sound design and mixing: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown

Archive from the Sir David Attenborough programme, ‘Wildebeest: The Super Herd’, BBC Two, 2008

How does extreme heat affect pregnant women?

21 maart 2024 · 27 min

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The BBC’s Global Health Correspondent Tulip Mazumdar investigates how extreme heat fuelled by climate change is affecting pregnant women in India. New research shared with the BBC suggests that pregnant informal workers in Tamil Nadu who were exposed to high temperatures saw double the risk of stillbirth, premature birth, low birth weight and miscarriage. Lees meer

Discussing her reporting from India with The Climate Question host and fellow mum Graihagh Jackson, Tulip hears the heart-breaking stories of women affected and explores simple solutions that would make their work in scorching agricultural fields safer.

Email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Produced by Sophie Eastaugh, Graihagh Jackson and Camilla Horrox
Editor: Sophie Eastaugh
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown

Your questions answered: Reversing climate change, eating avocados, electric vehicles and more

17 maart 2024 · 27 min

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You asked, we answered. This week our expert panel dive into your questions. Can climate change cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? How bad are avocados for the environment? Is climate change reversible? Lees meer

Send your questions to: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Plus, a look at biofuels and vertical farming, China’s electric vehicle boom, and the apparent contradiction between more renewable energy and the continuing rise in planet-warming gases

Join Graihagh Jackson and our expert panel: Dr Akshat Rathi, senior reporter for climate, Bloomberg; Justin Rowlatt, climate editor, BBC News; Prof Tamsin Edwards, climate scientist, Kings College London.

What's it like living a "sustainable" life?

10 maart 2024 · 24 min

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As governments and industry find ways of reducing emissions to keep climate change under control, some people are taking responsibility for their own carbon footprints. Lees meer

In this episode, Graihagh Jackson explores some different ways of living a green life – from setting up an eco-friendly commune in Denmark, to making small adjustments to our lifestyles in cities such as London. Graihagh also talks to one of the UN's top experts on the social aspects of fighting climate change: what's the right balance between action by individuals and action by governments?

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Producers: Ben Cooper and Sophie Eastaugh
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell

Got a climate question you’d like answered? E-mail the team: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

What's it like being a 'Chief Heat Officer'?

3 maart 2024 · 24 min

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As climate change makes the world hotter, some cities have appointed "Chief Heat Officers" to try to improve their response to record-breaking temperatures. Graihagh Jackson speaks to two women who have done the job in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Monterrey, Mexico. What does their role involve? What solutions are out there? And do they get enough funding? Lees meer

Plus, Umaru Fofana reports from Freetown on the extreme heat gripping the city. Umaru talks to locals forced to sleep outside because of the temperature, despite risks to their health and safety. And he also investigates a new piece of building design that might help people living in informal settlements.

Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter in Sierra Leone: Umaru Fofana
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineers: James Beard and Tom Brignell

Could solar farms in space power Earth?

28 februari 2024 · 27 min

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It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the idea of assembling giant solar farms in space and then beaming the renewable energy back down to Earth is gaining real life traction. Some advocates have claimed it could supply all the world’s energy needs by 2050. Lees meer

But how would these solar farms be assembled, how much fuel and money would it take to blast them into space in the first place, and how would we safely beam their energy back to Earth?

In 2023, Sophie Eastaugh and Luke Jones spoke to Sanjay Vijendran, in charge of space-based solar at the European Space Agency, learn about the history of the idea from Rick Tumlinson, founder of SpaceFund, and hear words of caution from Dr Jovana Radulovic, head of mechanical and design engineering at Portsmouth University in the UK. Plus, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet describes life on the International Space Station and how it’s powered.

Thanks to the Space Studies Institute for extracts of their interview with Gerard O’Neill.

Let us know what you think about the show – email theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Producer: Simon Tulett
Researchers: Matt Toulson and Graihagh Jackson
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: China Collins
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator - Siobhan Reed

Do we need a 'Category 6' for hurricanes?

23 februari 2024 · 25 min

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Graihagh chats to the BBC World Service's Global Story podcast about a plan for a super-category for storms. Is climate change making them so powerful that we need a new grade?

Why is nuclear power back in fashion?

18 februari 2024 · 24 min

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At the big COP climate summit last December, more than 20 countries pledged to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050 to help cut carbon emissions. The signatories included familiar nuclear names such as the US, France and Japan...but also newcomers, like Ghana. Lees meer

Although Ghana doesn’t currently have any nuclear power plants, president Nana Akufo-Addo says he wants to build one or two by 2030. So why is this African nation turning to nuclear? How will it pay for the multi-billion-dollar power plants? And will this help fight climate change?

Presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by: on-the-ground reporter Thomas Naadi; Dr Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London; and Dr Kacper Szulecki, research professor at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs.

Production team: Octavia Woodward, Ben Cooper, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts, Matt Willis.

Sound design by Tom Brignell.

Are wetlands our secret weapon for fighting climate change?

11 februari 2024 · 27 min

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The world's wetlands store carbon and can help us tackle some of the impacts of climate change. Are we overlooking their importance? And what can we do to protect them more? Lees meer

Graihagh Jackson travels to wetlands near her home in East Anglia while Qasa Alom reports from the Bay of Bengal. And The Climate Question catches up with an old friend of the show, Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary-General of the Convention on Wetlands.

Production team: Osman Iqbal, Octavia Woodward, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts, Matt Willis
Sound design by Tom Brignell.

Send your questions to: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Why is climate change fuelling tension in the Arctic?

4 februari 2024 · 27 min

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Global temperatures have already increased by around 1.3C above pre-industrial levels, but this warming is not spread evenly across the planet. The Arctic, despite being one of the coldest regions on Earth, has become a hotspot for global warming. Lees meer

Local temperatures there are rising as much as four-times faster than in other parts of the world. This rapid warming is unsettling the delicate environmental balance, causing significant ice loss – with implications for both the region and the wider world.

In a previous episode on the Arctic region, Graihagh Jackson explored the impact that climate change was having on the people – and ice sheet – of Greenland. In the second part of The Climate Question's focus on the High North, she explores the implications of an increasingly ice-free region on global politics, military relations, and trade.

Guests:
Mathieu Boulègue, consulting fellow at Chatham House and global fellow at the Polar Institute of the Wilson Centre
Julie Brigham-Grette, professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Earth, Geographic and Climate Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Malte Humpert, senior fellow at the Arctic Institute
Amund Trellevik, Norwegian journalist with Investigate Europe

Producer: Ben Cooper
Series Producers: Simon Watts and Alex Lewis
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford, Sophie Hill and Jacqui Johnson

Is climate change on the ballot paper in 2024?

28 januari 2024 · 24 min

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2024 will see billions of voters head to the polls in a record-breaking year for elections. It follows 2023 – another record-breaking year for the climate... so could global warming impact the way people vote? Or will it be eclipsed by the other big issues that dominate news headlines, like inflation and the cost of living, healthcare, education, and jobs. Lees meer

In this episode, presenter Graihagh Jackson hears from voters all over the world, and dives into research examining their priorities and what motivates them when they’re at the ballot box. She also finds out how climate change policies affected the outcome of recent elections in the Netherlands and Australia.

Guests:
Jessica Long, Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Consulting at IPSOS UK
Anna Holligan, BBC correspondent in the Netherlands
Noora Firaq, Deputy CEO of Climate Outreach
Phil Mercer, BBC correspondent in Australia

Got a Climate Question for us? Email: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production team: Ben Cooper, Octavia Woodward, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts, Matt Willis
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell