Episodes
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01 | Book Of The Week: Ep 1, How Climate Works | 20221024 | Selected essays from a unique book created by Greta Thunberg where over 100 scientists, writers, activists and thinkers share their expertise with the aim of combatting the climate crisis. Today, we hear from Greta Thunberg, the science journalist, and author of The Ends of the World, Peter Brannen and the writer and commentator on environmentalism, and author of Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, Elizabeth Kolbert. Greta Thunberg, Kyle Soller and Kelly Burke read. Greta Thunberg's school strikes and speeches shook the world and inspired leaders and people around the world address the urgency of climate change. Now, with The Climate Book she has created a deep understanding of how the problems we face are all interconnected and what's at stake by partnering, with more than a hundred scientists, engineers, philosophers, journalists, activists and writers. Alongside them Greta shares her own views on what she's learned and what's next. The Climate Book is a portrait of a planet on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It shows us what needs to be done so that our world can remain habitable for all of humanity for generations to come. You can watch Amol Rajan interview Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, 18th October on BBC2. Selections from one book containing the wisdom of over 100 experts on the climate crisis. One book, containing the wisdom of over 100 experts, aiming to combat climate disaster. |
02 | Book Of The Week: Ep 2, Our Changing Planet | 20221025 | Greta Thunberg and the climate scientists Katherine Hayhoe, Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech University, and Tamsin Edwards, climate scientist at King's College, London, and IPCC lead author, address extreme weather and increases in global warming. In their essays they explore what this means for the future of our planet. Greta Thunberg, Kelly Burke and Fiona Skinner read. Greta Thunberg's school strikes and speeches shook the world and inspired leaders and people around the world address the urgency of climate change. Now, with The Climate Book she has created a deep understanding of how the problems we face are all interconnected and what's at stake, by partnering with more than a hundred scientists, engineers, philosophers, journalists, activists and writers. Alongside them Greta shares her own views on what she's learned and what's next. The Climate Book is a portrait of a planet on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It shows us what needs to be done so that our world can remain habitable for all of humanity for generations to come. You can watch Amol Rajan interview Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, 18th October on BBC2. Climate scientists address extreme weather & increases in global warming in today's essays One book, containing the wisdom of over 100 experts, aiming to combat climate disaster. |
03 | Book Of The Week: Ep 3, Climate Change And Us | 20221026 | Selected essays from Greta Thunberg's collaborative book take us to countries where the effects of global warming are already a harsh reality. We hear Greta Thunberg read from her piece, and then we turn to the investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten, the Sami journalist Elin Anna Labba and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous woman, geographer and UN Sustainable Development Goals advocate. The readers are Kyle Soller, Fiona Skinner and Weruche Opia. Greta Thunberg's school strikes and speeches shook the world and inspired leaders and people around the world address the urgency of climate change. Now, with The Climate Book she has created a deep understanding of how the problems we face are all interconnected and what's at stake, by partnering with more than a hundred scientists, engineers, philosophers, journalists, activists and writers. Alongside them Greta shares her own views on what she's learned and what's next. The Climate Book is a portrait of a planet on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It shows us what needs to be done so that our world can remain habitable for all of humanity for generations to come. You can watch Amol Rajan interview Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, 18th October on BBC2. Our selected essays take us to countries where global warming is already a reality. One book, containing the wisdom of over 100 experts, aiming to combat climate disaster. |
04 | Book Of The Week: Ep 4, Action Taken | 20221027 | Greta Thunberg reads from her essay, and then we turn to Kevin Anderson, the Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the Universities of Manchester, Uppsala and Bergen, and Amitav Ghosh, the award winning author of sixteen books of fiction and non-fiction, look at the actions taken so far to limit change. Read by David Hounslow and Vincent Ebrahim. Greta Thunberg's school strikes and speeches shook the world and inspired leaders and people around the world address the urgency of climate change. Now, with The Climate Book she has created a deep understanding of how the problems we face are all interconnected and what's at stake, by partnering with more than a hundred scientists, engineers, philosophers, journalists, activists and writers. Alongside them Greta shares her own views on what she's learned and what's next. The Climate Book is a portrait of a planet on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It shows us what needs to be done so that our world can remain habitable for all of humanity for generations to come. You can watch Amol Rajan interview Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, 18th October on BBC2. Our selected essays explore what the world has done about global warming so far. One book, containing the wisdom of over 100 experts, aiming to combat climate disaster. |
05 | Book Of The Week: Ep 5, What Next? | 20221028 | Today's selected essays on climate change are by Greta Thunberg, the Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Wanjira Mathai and Robin Wall Kimmerer, writer and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment in the US. Here they explore ways to create a more hopeful future for our planet. We also Greta Thunberg, Weruche Opia and Nancy Crane read. Greta Thunberg's school strikes and speeches shook the world and inspired leaders and people around the world address the urgency of climate change. Now, with The Climate Book she has created a deep understanding of how the problems we face are all interconnected and what's at stake, by partnering with more than a hundred scientists, engineers, philosophers, journalists, activists and writers. Alongside them Greta shares her own views on what she's learned and what's next. The Climate Book is a portrait of a planet on the brink of a climate catastrophe. It shows us what needs to be done so that our world can remain habitable for all of humanity for generations to come. You can watch Amol Rajan interview Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, 18th October on BBC2. Selected essays on climate change and doing the seemingly impossible. One book, containing the wisdom of over 100 experts, aiming to combat climate disaster. |