27 min listen
“Code red for humanity”
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
A diplomatic deadline looms as new science urges faster action. Can nations respond? So far, the answer has been ‘no.’ Three decades of international talks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has left them higher than ever and set to rise further. We provide a brief history of climate talks, with an eye on what can be learned ahead of the next round, called COP26, in Glasgow.
Contributors:
Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, University College London and author of How to Save Our Planet.
Navin Singh Khadka, Environment Correspondent, BBC World Service
Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation
Ambassador Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, lead climate negotiator for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Series producer: Ros Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
Contributors:
Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, University College London and author of How to Save Our Planet.
Navin Singh Khadka, Environment Correspondent, BBC World Service
Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation
Ambassador Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, lead climate negotiator for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Series producer: Ros Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
Released:
Aug 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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