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The Climate Question

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

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“In order to detect a weakening of the AMOC, you have to measure the ocean for long enough to be able to characterise all that natural variability. We've only been measuring the AMOC for 20 years. We expect it to be at least another 10 years or 20 years before we can really detect whether there's a climate change signal over the natural variability.” — Penny Holliday, The Climate Question
Penny Holliday · 1 Nov 2026 Listen →
“The thing that's not realistic about the film is that it happens sort of overnight or over a few days. And that wouldn't happen. It's plausible that it could weaken quite fast in ocean time scales. And that means over probably a few decades rather than just a day or two.” — Penny Holliday, The Climate Question
Penny Holliday · 1 Nov 2026 Listen →
“Do we think about mining and extraction in terms of forever? No, we don't. But here you have to. Here you're forced to.” — James Crawford, The Climate Question
James Crawford · 18 Oct 2026 Listen →
“If you walk around Nairobi right now, you'll see men in reflective attire digging up the drainage systems, trying to clear the silt from them or trying to clear garbage from them… But if you haven't moved people from indecent housing… That's a bigger problem. You're dealing with poverty… You can't unclog a system that was fitting for the 80s and expected to solve a problem in 2026.” — Thomas Mukhwana, The Climate Question
Thomas Mukhwana · 11 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Climate Question is hosted by Graihagh Jackson , Jordan Dunbar , Neal Razzell , Kate Lamble , Justin Rowlatt , Sophie Eastaugh , Luke Jones , Qasa Alom , Mora Morrison , Katie Prescott , Paul Connolly and Manuela Saragosa .

Recent Episodes

  1. 1 Nov 2026

    AMOC: How the changing Atlantic could reshape our world

    With Penny Holliday

  2. 25 Oct 2026

    How could climate change affect my health?

    With Omnia El Omrani and Jemilah Mahmoud

  3. 18 Oct 2026

    Mining: Can we learn lessons from the past?

    With James Crawford

  4. 11 Oct 2026

    Are we ready for a super El Niño?

    With Thomas Mukhwana and Miguel Aristegui

  5. 4 Oct 2026

    The Battery Revolution

    With Akshat Rathi

  6. 27 Sep 2026

    Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5°C

    With Johan Rockstrom

  7. 20 Sep 2026

    The solar power boom in Pakistan and the Philippines

    With Jhesset Enano and Zeeshan Ashfaq

  8. 13 Sep 2026

    Can China build its way out of climate change?

    With Dan Wang

  9. 6 Sep 2026

    How will melting glaciers change Nepal?

    With Pasang Yangjee Sherpa and Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa

  10. 30 Aug 2026

    Can we cope with droughts?

    With Vidhisha Samarasekara and Iain Staffell

  11. 23 Aug 2026

    How do we save Africa's forests?

    With Wanjira Mathai

  12. 16 Aug 2026

    Is air conditioning the answer to extreme heat?

    With Radhika Khosla and Kurumi Mori

Guests

Akshat Rathi (14 episodes), Caroline Steel (10 episodes), Esme Stallard (8 episodes), Adil Najam (6 episodes), Zerin Osho (6 episodes), Musonda Mumba (6 episodes), Anna Holligan (5 episodes), David Victor (5 episodes), Rose Mutiso (5 episodes), Tamsin Edwards (4 episodes), Victoria Gill (4 episodes), Michael Kaloki (4 episodes), and 582 more.