Rise of the machines: Prof Stuart Russell on the promises and perils of AI
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world's most respected experts on artificial intelligence. He explains what AI is, when we might expec...
6 Jan 20221h 5min
2021 in review: the global news stories of the year
For the second year running, the pandemic was the biggest news story around the world, but 2021 was also the year of the vaccine rollout, the return of big sporting events including the Olympics, and ...
17 Dec 202138min
COP26: success or failure?
Was the Glasgow summit just the same old 'blah, blah, blah' or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland covered COP26 for TIME and tells us his view on what was - and what ...
19 Nov 202124min
Top-10 emerging technologies
What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years? Scientific American and the World Economic Forum present their annual top-ten emerging tech report. The two ...
16 Nov 202139min
COP26: How cities are tackling pollution, congestion and the climate
The main greenhouse gas causing climate change is carbon dioxide - a colourless, odourless gas that is otherwise harmless to our health. But emissions of CO2 are often accompanied by other, toxic gase...
12 Nov 202126min
COP26: Climate change and the other global crisis - nature loss
The destruction of the natural world is the 'other' global environmental crisis, but it is entwined with climate change. Global warming is the number-one cause of that destruction, and the loss of for...
8 Nov 202129min
COP26: First Movers Coalition
US climate envoy John Kerry and World Economic Forum President Brende Borge launched an initiative at COP26 to bring big companies and customers together to build demand for green products that requir...
5 Nov 202121min
COP26: The Great Melt - tales from the front lines of climate change
As COP26 opens, Radio Davos hears from a journalist who has covered dozens of UN climate gatherings and has reported on how global warming is affecting the remotest corners of the world. Alister Doyle...
2 Nov 202130min
