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BBC Radio Four, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society, presents 39 ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet.
Can British farmers transform themselves into carbon-cutting heroes? Arable farmer, Duncan Farrington has worked hard to reduce the carbon e...
It could be the clean fuel of the near future- for homes and for heavy machinery. Lord Bamford, head of JCB, is betting that it will power t...
Arnold Schwarzenegger is the former governor of California and one of America's most influential green voices. He's also one of the biggest...
Tom Heap discovers fresh ways to quantify greenhouse gas emissions with help from satellites, artificial intelligence and former US Vice Pre...
Ever thought about the carbon cost of a packet of crisps? At CCM Technologies they think of little else. Their revolutionary fertiliser offe...
Wind energy is vital in the battle against climate change, but can we make improvements to harness more from them? Tom Heap visits Kelburn w...
Batteries are powering the electric car revolution, but can we make them longer lasting, faster charging and smaller and lighter? Beyond ele...
How well is your country doing? The GDP - gross domestic product - has long been a measure of growth and success but some argue judging pure...
Generating renewable energy from solar power has been a great resource but land for this purpose can come into conflict with other uses or r...
There are different schools of thought on how land (and sea) are best managed but often in the rush for economic development indigenous prac...
Flying, for business or pleasure, has long been seen as one of the biggest carbon villains. As airports gear up again after Covid it's clear...
Nuclear power should be a powerful ally in the fight against climate change but cost and safety issues hold it back. Could a new generation...
Biochar is an idea thousands of years old but one that seemed to have been (foolishly) lost by many along the way. Like charcoal, biochar is...
Concrete blocks are the foundations of the modern world but they could be greener. Tom Heap meets Colin Hills and his team turning waste dus...
How to improve mass catering for the planet. Tom Heap considers how changing the menus in schools, hospitals and the armed forces could help...
From clothes to cars and buildings, all our new 'stuff' takes energy and resources to produce. If we want to cut down the use of high carbon...
A big weight and a very, very deep hole. The team behind Gravitricity think they have found a solution to a serious problem with renewable e...
Heating our homes can be expensive and draughty old housing stock leaches carbon dioxide. But making homes more energy efficient can be a co...
Soil is brilliant at capturing carbon dioxide and keeping it out of the atmosphere. But what if we could make it do an even better job? On a...
Giant fans are sucking in fresh air from the Swiss Alps and Iceland's frozen interior, capturing the carbon dioxide and turning it into fizz...
Why use gas or electricity to heat your water when the power of the sun will do it for free? Faisal Ghani, a young Bangladeshi-Australian en...
Fast-growing bamboo has gone in and out of fashion but is now being seen as a possible climate hero. Its capacity to absorb carbon is enhanc...
Cattle emit huge quantities of planet-warming methane. But they can be stopped! Tom Heap meets Eileen Wall from SRUC, Scotland's Rural Colle...
Is logging always bad for the planet? A team from The Nature Conservancy in the United States believe they have developed a way to cut down...
While at sea or in port, the hull of a ship can be an attractive new residence for all sorts or creatures. The initial slime build-up can pr...
There are already examples around the world where the manufacturer helps to pay for the safe disposal of waste from their goods once used -...
Modern civilisation is quite literally built on steel. Our cities, our homes, our cars are unthinkable without it. But steel-making is the b...
There's a lot of carbon locked up in the peatlands of Britain and Ireland but many of them have been drained for agriculture and dug for fue...
When the cod disappeared from the Grand Banks of his Newfoundland home, fisherman Bren Smith saw the light. He realised that we need a new r...
There's a dirty secret around the back of your fridge. The world's freezers, fridges and air conditioning units are chilled by gases that ha...
Chilled lorries are the backbone of our food distribution system, keeping our pork pies and hummus safe and fresh on route to the supermarke...
Electricity from the sun is cheap and clean but the solar cells we see on our rooftops could be much more efficient. Henry Snaith of Oxford...
Trees are often thought to be the good guys when it comes to climate change. In Siberia, however, it's not always the case. The landscape wa...
Campaign and protest have been the traditional tools of environmental action in the UK. American lawyer, James Thornton, set up Client Earth...
Some food crops convert just one percent of the sun's energy into edible food. If we can improve the process of photosynthesis we can grow m...
The UK government is betting big on offshore wind to provide a huge percentage of our electricity by 2030. The turbines are certainly effici...
Around the world many girls leave school before completing their education. It's said that those who stay to the end of high school have mor...
Simple and sublime seagrass meadows work naturally to absorb carbon. The leaves cause friction in the water and trap carbon from organic mat...
BBC Radio Four presents 39 ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet. Trees soak up carbon dioxide, trees st...
We’re resourceful, adaptable and the smartest thing this planet has ever seen. We got ourselves into this mess but we can get ourselves out...
Beating climate change takes the best ideas from the smartest minds. In each 15 minute episode Tom Heap meets the people behind a fascinatin...