Podcast Episodes

Q&A: The jobs of the future, nitrous oxide, ice cores

We answer YOUR climate questions – on everything from “green” careers to ice cores to the world’s electricity challenge!

In this edition of The Clima…

7 months ago

What made the floods in South East Asia so deadly?

Storms, cyclones and flooding in South East Asia have killed close to 2000 people, devastating communities across Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and …

7 months ago

What does the ocean do for us and the planet?

What do you think of when you think about our oceans? Maybe you see a picture of our planet with a big patch of blue? Maybe you think about storms or…

7 months, 1 week ago

Who wins in the electric vehicles transition?

Across the world vehicle manufacturers are racing to make zero emission cars in the move away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles. It’s a huge market w…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

How can the world speed up climate action?

How can the world speed up its efforts to fight climate change?

It’s been a dramatic fortnight at the COP climate summit in the Amazonian city of Bel…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal

The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate gathering f…

8 months ago

How does carbon dioxide shape our world?

Carbon dioxide is a molecule so important it has shaped life on Earth for billions of years. Without it, there would be no plants, no oceans, no peop…

8 months ago

COP: Is this the world’s toughest event to organise?

Every year, tens of thousands of people — from world leaders to activists to celebrities— gather for one of the world’s most ambitious meetings: the …

8 months, 1 week ago

Why does the Amazon matter?

The Amazon is probably the most famous rainforest on Earth. It’s home to Indigenous communities, one of the world's biggest rivers and a diversity of…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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 ho…

8 months, 3 weeks ago