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Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
It’s one of the most commonly debated questions in the climate world: Is this weather we’re experiencing natural, or is it linked to man-mad...
In 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear accident devastated the Soviet Union and shocked the world. But, 40 years on, are we now seeing a nuclear ren...
With more and more people moving to cities, informal settlements are expected to grow. When floods hit these unplanned places, it can be dis...
Earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of stress along faults in the earth's crust, not by climate change, but some new studies suggest...
How much does advertising influence what we buy and how we think? A growing number of cities are restricting adverts for fossil fuel product...
As climate change makes the world hotter, some cities have appointed so-called Chief Heat Officers to try to improve their response to recor...
Transport is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and in cities around the world it is also one of the biggest da...
The Climate Question panel answer your queries. Do beavers protect the planet? Should we put solar panels in deserts? And why does the world...
War leaves a visible trail of destruction: lives and families devastated, homes and communities reduced to rubble. But there is also a clima...
Methane is much more powerful than carbon dioxide and emissions are still rising. So what can we do to tackle the human-made sources of this...
China is installing solar panels and wind turbines so fast that its greenhouse gases emissions may now have peaked. If this trend is confirm...
First broadcast in 2024. Graihagh Jackson finds out about the little know pollutant making us sick and driving the climate crisis. It common...
Winter sport depends on one thing that is becoming less reliable each year: snow. As temperatures rise, glaciers are retreating, seasons are...
Fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, dread and powerlessness are some of the many emotions associated with what’s called climate anxiety. A global...
We know the planet is getting hotter because of human-induced climate change. But just how hot could it get? In this show, Graihagh Jackson...
How farmers and scientists in eastern India are using ancient rice seeds to fight the growing impact of flooding, soil salinity and drought....
Across the world, cars are getting taller, wider and heavier. Sports Utility Vehicles, or SUVs, now dominate global car sales, and the trend...
People often ask whether there are any quick fixes to the climate crisis — easy wins that could cut emissions without waiting decades. This...
Whales are among the largest animals to have ever lived – and scientists are discovering they also play a big role in the climate system. Fr...
We answer YOUR climate questions – on everything from “green” careers to ice cores to the world’s electricity challenge! In this edition of...
Storms, cyclones and flooding in South East Asia have killed close to 2000 people, devastating communities across Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri L...
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...
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...
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 ci...
The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate ga...
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...
Every year, tens of thousands of people — from world leaders to activists to celebrities— gather for one of the world’s most ambitious meeti...
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 div...
BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt travels to Somalia to investigate the links between global warming and the decades-long conflict there. He...
Mumbai is India’s economic engine, but every rainy season this megacity comes to a virtual standstill as torrential rains flood streets, hom...
Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities – and as our numbers swell, so will our cities, especially those around the Paci...
What can ice cores tell us about the atmosphere millions of years ago? These cylinders of ice, drilled from glaciers and ice sheets around t...
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 kn...
Graihagh Jackson and the BBC’s former Global Health Correspondent Tulip Mazumdar investigate how extreme heat, fuelled by climate change, is...
When people talk about tipping points in the climate, it’s usually bad news – the irreversible melting of ice sheets or the collapse of rain...
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 el...
The world's wetlands store carbon and can help us tackle some of the impacts of climate change. Are we overlooking their importance? And wha...
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated America’s Gulf coast and overwhelmed the city of New Orleans. The destruction and the respons...
This week Host Graihagh Jackson grabs a chat with the BBC’s correspondents in two countries that will shape our future climate. Brazil is ab...
Climate change is melting thousands of glaciers in the Himalayas and having a devastating impact on the people who live there. In 2024, the...
Bill Gates, the tech billionaire turned philanthropist, has been combating poverty, disease, and inequity around the world for decades. Howe...
From coral reefs and mangroves to raising the land itself, how small island nations are using natural and innovative techniques to adapt to...
Rare earths have been described as the oil of the 21st century, incredibly valuable both economically and in the fight against climate chang...
Could changing weather patterns due to climate change make a difference to where and when we travel, or to the cost of our holidays? It was...
Delhi’s roads are being taken over by electric mopeds, scooters and rickshaws. More than fifty per cent of two- and three-wheelers are alrea...
Climate change is having major health impacts around the world - which are only expected to increase as our planet gets warmer. These impact...
The Climate Question panel discuss how to make homes - and ships - better for the climate. Plus, what about our own carbon footprints? And a...
Tropical rainforests cover around 6% of our planet, yet they're home to more than half of the world’s species. They're also one of our plane...
David Attenborough's new documentary argues that our oceans have been underexplored and undervalued. Could protecting our seas not only help...
Around the world, scientists and entrepreneurs are pouring billions into researching new ways of storing carbon dioxide. We look at a scheme...