Podcast Episodes

Can Mumbai cope with a changing monsoon?

Mumbai is India’s economic engine, but every rainy season this megacity comes to a virtual standstill as torrential rains flood streets, homes and tr…

9 months ago

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

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, …

9 months, 1 week ago

What do ice cores tells us about climate change?

What can ice cores tell us about the atmosphere millions of years ago?

These cylinders of ice, drilled from glaciers and ice sheets around the worl…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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 …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

How does extreme heat affect pregnancy?

Graihagh Jackson and the BBC’s former Global Health Correspondent Tulip Mazumdar investigate how extreme heat, fuelled by climate change, is affectin…

10 months ago

Will the switch to green technology become unstoppable?

When people talk about tipping points in the climate, it’s usually bad news – the irreversible melting of ice sheets or the collapse of rainforests. …

10 months ago

Will there be a solar power boom in Africa?

Africa gets a world beating amount of sunshine — but has just 1% of the world’s solar panels.

Over half the continent still lives without electricity…

10 months, 1 week ago

Are wetlands our secret weapon in fighting climate change?

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 …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Can we build a world where hurricanes can't kill?

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated America’s Gulf coast and overwhelmed the city of New Orleans. The destruction and the response to the …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Is Brazil doing enough to protect the Amazon?

This week Host Graihagh Jackson grabs a chat with the BBC’s correspondents in two countries that will shape our future climate.

Brazil is about to ho…

11 months ago