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?

Dhanasree Jayaram tells Bertie about risks that could threaten Antarctica, including illegal fishing, militarisation, bioprospecting, 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.

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.”