Climate Radio

Episodes

1. 10

   Drilling the Dirt (“a temporary difficulty”)

   Alternative audio guide to Tate Modern by Phil England and Jim Whelton. Commissioned by Liberate Tate, Art Not Oil and Platform London as part of the campaign for a cultural boycott of fossil fuel companies. Updated November 2015. “England and Welton’s Tate Modern piece is a note-perfect…

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   Dec 4, 2015

   44m
2. 9

   Climate Solutions: Divest & Boycott

   The climate movement is coalescing around a powerful campaigning tool which has proved decisive in previous struggles in history: economic divestment. What does this campaign look like on the ground in the UK? What have the wins been so far? What creative direct action tactics are being employed?...

   Jul 5, 2015

   59m
3. 8

   Climate Solutions: The Food Programme

   The food system is responsible for around 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Moving to a system of small-scale climate-friendly farming (“agroecology”) would drastically reduce these emissions and provide numerous co-benefits into the bargain. Recognising the right of local communities to...

   Jul 5, 2015

   57m
4. 7

   Climate Solutions: A Revolution in Democracy

   Do we need to reform our democracy in order to get serious action on climate change? Is it time to fight for radical reform of our democracy so that it serves people and planet rather than the narrow interests of powerful groups such as the fossil fuel corporations? We look at the fledgling…

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   Jul 4, 2015

   58m
5. 6

   Climate Solutions: Fracking Our Democracy

   We are proud to present the first programme in a new mini-series focusing on Climate Solutions. This is actually the first of a two-parter on democracy. This first show takes a look at fracking as a case study which lifts the lid on the corrupting influence of fossil fuel corporations (and the...

   Jul 4, 2015

   59m
6. 5

   Gustav Metzger: Facing Extinction

   Legendary radical artist Gustav Metzger has become increasingly concerned the impact human activity is having on nature. In a rare interview, I spoke to Metzger about the two-day conference he initiated at UCA Farnham entitled Facing Extinction – which asks the profound question “What role can...

   Jun 9, 2014

   47m
7. 4

   What the IPCC report tells us

   Here’s our interview with Pierre Friedlingstein – one of the lead authors on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report – which we were unable to fit into our October programme on Solutions. Here he explains some of the key findings of the IPCC’s fifth assessment report on...

   Nov 26, 2013

   10m
8. 3

   Super Typhoon Yolanda v Warsaw climate talks

   Climate Radio speaks to leading figures from civil society about their views on the latest round of UN climate talks. In the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda (aka Haiyan) will negotiators finally wake up and agree an emergency action plan to save the planet? Or do citizens need to escalate their...

   Nov 19, 2013

   59m
9. 2

   Kicking corporate ass at the COP

   I thought it was important to share these 15 minutes with you now as the UN climate talks start tomorrow, even though I recorded this interview for the next (18 Nov) show. This is Asad Rehman, head of the climate and energy programme at Friends of the Earth, speaking before he left for Warsaw....

   Nov 10, 2013
10. 1

    Solutions

    In this month’s show we continue to look at solutions, but with renewed urgency in the light of the latest IPCC report. Colin Hines, founder of the Green New Deal Group explains how we can finance the transition to a Zero Carbon Britain Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party outlines her...

    Oct 21, 2013