Why has EU law not stopped pesticides from harming ecosystems?
Alasdair speaks to Professor Mike Norton, Environment Programme Director at the European Academies Science Advisory Council, about newly published research on neonicotinoid pesticides.
Fuelling the fire: does Russia have its head in the sand about the future of fossil fuels?
Lauren talks Professor Thane Gustafson about how Russian leaders’ commitment to climate change is affected by factors both at home and overseas.
What are the risks with wood burning in Japan?
Alasdair talks to Roger Smith, Japan Director for Mighty Earth, about Japanese biomass imports and the risks of the country’s coal power stations switching to wood-burning.
Is Antarctic governance still working?
Climate diplomacy expert Dhanasree Jayaram tells Bertie about the environmental risks that could threaten Antarctica before then, including illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, militarisation, bioprospecting, increased tourism, and resource extraction.
Why is climate scepticism growing on Twitter?
Bertie spoke to Professor Andrea Baronchelli and Dr. Max Falkenberg from The IRIS Academic Research Group about rising climate scepticism and denial online.
What happened at COP27 with removal offsets?
Alasdair speaks to Kelly Stone, Senior Policy Analyst at ActionAid, about her time at COP27 and where international diplomacy is taking offset markets and their governance.
Why can’t we ‘just plant trees’?
Harvard scholar Rosetta Elkin explains how large-scale tree planting in otherwise treeless environments rarely makes ecological sense. Historically, these projects have been used as instruments of colonial forestry, as a way of staking claim to land.
Will the Russian economy survive fossil phase-out?
Lauren talks to Thane Gustafson about the future of Russian Oil through the Climate Crisis and the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Are carbon removal targets unrealistic about land requirements?
Alasdair spoke to Dr. Kate Dooley, an author of the Land Gap Report which found that national policies for carbon removals “could push ecosystems, land rights and food security to the brink.”
Why has international diplomacy failed on climate loss and damage?
Bertie speaks to Dr. Karim Ahmed about his recent white policy paper on loss and damage, which is being presented at COP27.
