Meet the Climate Quitters: Part One
Have you thought about quitting your job because of climate change?Research shows more and more people are worried about their career’s impact on the planet. So this week The Climate Question hears fr...
6 Aug 202327min
Can we have a climate-friendly death?
Funeral rites are steeped in culture, tradition and faith, with most of the world opting for cremation or burial. However, with new research now revealing the carbon impact of established funeral choi...
30 Juli 202327min
How are Afghans fighting climate change?
Climate change has been tightening its grip on the people of Afghanistan, with flood after flood and drought after drought. It’s considered to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, not...
23 Juli 202323min
Climate Change and El Nino: Can we handle both?
Scientists say an El Nino weather event has started. Its effects will be felt everywhere in the form of heavier rainfall in some parts of the world and deeper droughts in others. What's the link with ...
16 Juli 202327min
What's the cost of fashion to the climate?
The journey from catwalk, to wardrobe, to landfill is getting shorter and shorter. Our demands for fast fashion mean around 100 billion garments are produced every year. We’re buying more, then wearin...
9 Juli 202326min
Mia Mottley: helping poorer nations fight climate change
Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, is on a mission to fight climate change through a radical scheme to reform the international financial system.Called the Bridgetown Initiative, her plan aims t...
2 Juli 202327min
Does climate change mean a future without coffee?
The world loves coffee. We drink two billion cups each day! But it’s very vulnerable to climate change, and millions of coffee farmers are struggling. Rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and d...
25 Juni 202324min
How does war affect the climate?
With the Ukrainian counter-offensive underway, Sophie Eastaugh looks at the climate damage caused by the conflict there and by the recent civil war in Tigray, Ethiopia. Sophie speaks to Lennard de ...
18 Juni 202327min
