Can shipping fix its climate problem?
It's estimated that 9 out of 10 items sold in our shops are shipped halfway around the world on ships. The resulting emissions amount to around 3% of the global total, more than many countries, but we...
25 Jul 202127min
The North American heatwave
The heatwave that hit parts of the west coast of North America shattered records by several degrees. It affected parts of the United States and Canada that were unused to extreme heat. Hundreds of peo...
18 Jul 202127min
Will football tackle the climate crisis?
You don’t often hear climate change and football mentioned in the same sentence, but rising temperatures are set to disrupt every area of our lives, the ‘beautiful game’ included. Heat and other extr...
11 Jul 202127min
Could climate change cause more water conflicts?
Freshwater sources around the world are becoming more irregular, and disputes between countries are common, with fears that access to water could eventually lead to conflict. There’s a high-profile ca...
4 Jul 202126min
Why is Australia so slow to act on climate change?
Australia is one of the world's biggest per-capita greenhouse gas emitters, and a Climate Question listener wants to know why the world isn't demanding her country do more.Jodie lives in tropical Quee...
27 Jun 202127min
Why are we failing to protect the Amazon rainforest?
The Brazilian legislature is currently considering a bill that would legalise the private occupation of some public land in the Amazon region - a move that would most likely lead to further deforestat...
20 Jun 202127min
Carbon capture and storage
It’s likely that there will be no successful green transition without an element of carbon capture, storage and re-use. The oil industry has been burying CO2 underground since the 1970s, so the infras...
13 Jun 202127min
What will it take for cities to go carbon neutral?
Cities emit around three-quarters of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations, and over half of the world’s population now live in one. Many have set ambitious targets to ...
6 Jun 202127min
