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The Climate Question

Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

News imageThe Climate Question

Episodes (308 available)

News imageThe Climate Question, How do we save Africa's forests?

Environmentalist Wanjira Mathai on protecting some of the planet's most vital ecosystems

23 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, Is air conditioning the answer to extreme heat?

Air con is increasingly seen as a lifeline not a luxury. What about its climate impact?

16 Aug 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, Is this a new era of wildfires?

Is climate change increasing the size and intensity of wildfires? And what can we do?

9 Aug 2026

23 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, How is climate change affecting motherhood?

Mothers from India, Kenya and the UK discuss raising children in a warming world

2 Aug 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, Do climate protests ever work?

The modern green movement is more than 50 years old. What has it achieved?

26 Jul 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, Could climate change fuel an epidemic?

Are rising temperatures and deforestation leading to outbreaks of deadly disease?

19 Jul 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, The Climate Question, Can science fiction help us fight climate change?

The acclaimed US sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson talks to the Climate Question team

12 Jul 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, The Climate Question, How to build a climate friendly city

More than seven bilion of us will be living in cities by 2050. What can mayors do?

5 Jul 2026

26 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, The Climate Question, "Super" El Niños and climate change

How does the El Niño weather pattern work? And what's the link to global warming?

28 Jun 2026

23 mins

News imageThe Climate Question, The Climate Question, Is climate change ruining our sleep?

How the rise in night-time temperatures is starting to disrupt our sleep and health

21 Jun 2026

25 mins

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