BBC World Service launches new global climate change podcast
The BBC World Service is launching a new climate change podcast which will explore new ways of understanding what is happening and how people around the world are addressing the challenges.
The Climate Question podcast, which will also be a radio series, brings together leading experts to look at how climate change is affecting people across the planet. Each week it will report on the latest developments and examine the personal choices that can make a difference.
Mary Hockaday, Controller, BBC World Service English said: “The question is no longer whether climate change is happening, but what’s being done in response.
“Governments have signed up to reducing our dependence on carbon and there’s a great deal going on as businesses, scientists, politicians and ordinary people search for viable answers. It’s a fast moving patch, and we want to help our global audience keep up with the latest developments and hear from cutting edge thinkers in a fresh and engaging way.”
BBC reporters based around the world will tell the stories of people affected by the changing state of the planet and also highlight new ideas and solutions being tried out around the world.
Regular presenters Neal Razzell in Canada and Graihagh Jackson in London will be joined each week by a range of BBC specialists around the world including Julie Yoon in Seoul; Janhavee Moole in India; Resty Woro Yuniar in Indonesia and science and political experts like the BBC’s multilingual environment correspondent Navin Singh Kudka, plus the BBC’s Chief Environment Correspondent, Justin Rowlatt.
Climate experts, politicians, campaigners and influencers, from religious leaders to social media stars, will also feature in the podcast.
The first episode will focus on the USA and China – two countries that have publicly portrayed very different attitudes to tackling climate change. It explores which one is going to have the biggest influence and in what way.
Future episodes will ask why stark warnings about the catastrophic effects of a 1.5% temperature rise might actually make many people switch off. There will also be reports from the hottest places on earth about how to live with heat and put a stop to the damage global warming is doing to us, never mind the planet.
The first episode of the Climate Question podcast from BBC World Service will launch on 16 November.