BBC Inside Science
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Science & Medicine
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This year is set to be the world’s hottest on record, likely shattering the aspiration to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
So where does this leave COP29, the upcoming UN climate conference in Azerbaijan?
This week Inside Science is asking, are climate summits really working? What is the point of them - and are they doing enough?
Joining Marnie Chesterton to discuss this are:
- Joanna Depledge, expert on international climate negotiations at the University of Cambridge - Mark Maslin, climate change professor from University College London (UCL) - Jim Watson, professor of energy policy, also from UCL
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Ella Hubber, Sophie Ormiston & Gerry Holt Editor: Martin Smith Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
If you want to test your climate change knowledge, follow the links on this page to The Open University to take a quiz.
Previous episodes
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940 - COP29: Are climate summits working? Thu, 05 Dec 2024
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939 - Spooky Science Thu, 28 Nov 2024
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938 - Whatever happened to graphene? Thu, 21 Nov 2024
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937 - Are our carbon sinks failing? Thu, 14 Nov 2024
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936 - Should we bring back extinct animals? Thu, 07 Nov 2024
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935 - Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy? Thu, 31 Oct 2024
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934 - How green is space travel? Thu, 24 Oct 2024
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933 - Is lab-grown meat the future of food? Thu, 17 Oct 2024
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932 - The first civilian spacewalk Thu, 10 Oct 2024
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931 - The Grenfell cladding Thu, 03 Oct 2024
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930 - Predicting everything Thu, 26 Sep 2024
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929 - Why aren’t we eating more insects? Thu, 19 Sep 2024
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928 - Beavers of London Thu, 12 Sep 2024
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927 - Going for gold Thu, 05 Sep 2024
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926 - How much of a risk is space junk? Thu, 29 Aug 2024
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925 - CERN’s Supercollider Plan Thu, 22 Aug 2024
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924 - Should Antarctica be off limits? Thu, 15 Aug 2024
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923 - Wimbledon Grass Science Thu, 08 Aug 2024
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922 - Sun, sea... and science Thu, 01 Aug 2024
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921 - What makes an effective protest? Thu, 25 Jul 2024
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920 - Taylor Swift Seismology Thu, 18 Jul 2024
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919 - Are implanted brain chips the future? Thu, 11 Jul 2024
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918 - How do we solve antibiotic resistance? Thu, 04 Jul 2024
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917 - Why do we sleep? Thu, 27 Jun 2024
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916 - Micro Nuclear Reactors Thu, 20 Jun 2024
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915 - Is gene therapy the future? Thu, 13 Jun 2024
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914 - Is treated sewage worse for the environment than raw? Thu, 06 Jun 2024
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913 - Ugly animals and asteroid Apophis Thu, 30 May 2024
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912 - Can we get plastic waste under control? Thu, 23 May 2024
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911 - Do we need a new model of cosmology? Thu, 16 May 2024
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910 - Bird flu outbreak in cows Thu, 09 May 2024
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909 - 200 years of dinosaur science Thu, 02 May 2024
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908 - Inside Your Microbiome Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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907 - Our Accidental Universe Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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906 - World’s oldest forest fossils Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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905 - Human Consciousness: Could a brain in a dish become sentient? Thu, 26 Apr 2018
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904 - Plastic-eating bacteria, Foam mattresses for crops, The evolved life aquatic, The Double Helix Thu, 19 Apr 2018
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903 - Pesticides in British Farming Thu, 12 Apr 2018
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902 - Stephen Hawking Tribute Thu, 05 Apr 2018
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901 - Genes and education, John Goodenough, Caring bears and hunting Thu, 29 Mar 2018
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900 - Data Scraping Thu, 22 Mar 2018
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899 - Buzz kill Thu, 15 Mar 2018
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898 - Russian Spy Poisoning Thu, 08 Mar 2018
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897 - Weird Weather? Thu, 01 Mar 2018
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896 - Science after Brexit Thu, 22 Feb 2018
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895 - Shipping air pollution; Cheddar Man; Millirobots in the body;Dog brain training Thu, 15 Feb 2018
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894 - Democracy in Space Thu, 08 Feb 2018
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893 - Scientists on Trial Thu, 01 Feb 2018
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892 - Did typhoid kill the Aztecs, DNA stored in Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants and levitating humans Thu, 25 Jan 2018
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891 - African swine fever, Oil spill update, CRISPR gene editing, Rat eradication in New Zealand, Chimp kin recognition Thu, 18 Jan 2018