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Are wetlands our secret weapon for fighting climate change?

Are wetlands our secret weapon for fighting climate change?

FromThe Climate Question


Are wetlands our secret weapon for fighting climate change?

FromThe Climate Question

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Feb 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The world's wetlands store carbon and can help us tackle some of global warming's impacts. Are we overlooking their importance? And what can we do to protect them more?Graihagh Jackson travels to wetlands near her home in East Anglia while Qasa Alom reports from the Bay of Bengal. And The Climate Question catches up with an old friend of the show, Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary-General of the Convention on Wetlands.Production team: Osman Iqbal, Octavia Woodward, Brenda Brown, Simon Watts, Matt Willis
Sound design by Tom Brignell.Send your questions to: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
Released:
Feb 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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