The Climate Question

BBC World Service

Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

  • 12 minutes 57 seconds
    What progress have we made on fighting climate change?

    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.

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

    15 November 2024, 10:09 am
  • 50 minutes 57 seconds
    The Climate Question x Global News Podcast: Listeners Questions Special

    In a special programme, The Climate Question join forces with The Global News Podcast to tackle listeners' climate questions from around the world. 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: [email protected] or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

    11 November 2024, 7:00 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Trump wins: What does it mean for the climate?

    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.

    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: [email protected] or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

    9 November 2024, 5:10 pm
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    How is climate misinformation evolving?

    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.

    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: [email protected] or Whatsapp: +44 8000 321 721

    4 November 2024, 9:29 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Should we put a price on nature?

    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.

    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: [email protected] 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

    28 October 2024, 9:31 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Your questions answered: The value of trees, "black" oxygen, AI's carbon footprint

    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.

    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 [email protected] or leave a Whatsapp message on +44 8000 321 721

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

    21 October 2024, 7:57 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Is the climate on the ballot at the US election?

    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.

    Got a question you’d like answered? Email: [email protected] or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

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

    14 October 2024, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Why don’t we use more geothermal energy?

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

    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: [email protected] or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

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

    7 October 2024, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 29 seconds
    What's it like like losing your home to the sea?

    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.

    Email us your comments and questions to [email protected] or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

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

    30 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 26 seconds
    News update: Sea level rise, Mexico's "green" president, Ivory Coast's chocolate crisis

    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.

    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 [email protected] 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

    23 September 2024, 8:00 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Somalia: Where climate change meets conflict

    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.

    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

    17 September 2024, 8:47 am
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