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Jeevan Vasagar
Cop has rarely been so urgent or bleak – but there are glimmers of hope

Wed 5 Nov 2025

Cop has rarely been so urgent or bleak – but there are glimmers of hope
Matthew Bishop
Trump foxed by Gates’s climate change memo

Mon 3 Nov 2025

Trump foxed by Gates’s climate change memo
Nicholas Stern
Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth
Jeevan Vasagar
High stakes and faint hopes as UN summit opens in Brazil

Sun 2 Nov 2025

High stakes and faint hopes as UN summit opens in Brazil
Juergen Maier
Britain can’t afford to delay its green energy transition

Wed 29 Oct 2025

Britain can’t afford to delay its green energy transition
Vanessa Thorpe
The prizewinning author who almost lost his nerve

Sat 25 Oct 2025

The prizewinning author who almost lost his nerve
Matthew Bishop
Climate cost debate rages on

Mon 6 Oct 2025

Climate cost debate rages on
Fred Harter
Fossil fuel companies are slashing their renewable investments

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Fossil fuel companies are slashing their renewable investments
Rowan Moore
Why Churchill’s birthplace lies at the heart of UK energy battle

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Why Churchill’s birthplace lies at the heart of UK energy battle
Andrew Anthony
Profile: Zack Polanski, Green party leader

Sun 7 Sept 2025

Profile: Zack Polanski, Green party leader
Simon Barnes
My week as a vespillo burying beetle

Thu 4 Sept 2025

My week as a vespillo burying beetle
Giles Whittell
Swamp life takes hold in Windermere

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Swamp life takes hold in Windermere
Fred Harter
Spanish blazes foretell a fiery future

Fri 22 Aug 2025

Spanish blazes foretell a fiery future
Simon Barnes
‘I don’t see the world, I hear it’: My week as a Ganges river dolphin

Wed 20 Aug 2025

‘I don’t see the world, I hear it’: My week as a Ganges river dolphin
Simon Barnes
My week as a marmalade hoverfly

Wed 13 Aug 2025

My week as a marmalade hoverfly
Fred Harter
UN delegates battle to make life a little less plastic

Mon 11 Aug 2025

UN delegates battle to make life a little less plastic
James Tapper
World divided as plastics push elephants closer to extinction

Sun 10 Aug 2025

World divided as plastics push elephants closer to extinction
Helen Thomson
The treaty that could end the plastic deluge

Thu 31 Jul 2025

The treaty that could end the plastic deluge
What are we losing when we turn forests into farmland?

7 mins • S1, E1159

What are we losing when we turn forests into farmland?
Simon Barnes
My week as a crane

Tue 29 Jul 2025

My week as a crane
Matthew Bishop
New BP chair will cement move out of green energy

Mon 28 Jul 2025

New BP chair will cement move out of green energy
Mark Johanson
Drift in the Rift: a slow safari in Tanzania

Sun 27 Jul 2025

Drift in the Rift: a slow safari in Tanzania
Fred Harter
Destinations fight overtourism as visitor numbers ramp up

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Destinations fight overtourism as visitor numbers ramp up
Jeevan Vasagar
Chevron seals Hess deal as oil focus shifts to Guyana

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Chevron seals Hess deal as oil focus shifts to Guyana
Nga Pham
End of the road for 7 million petrol motorbikes in Hanoi

Sat 19 Jul 2025

End of the road for 7 million petrol motorbikes in Hanoi
Andrew Hankinson
The Sycamore Gap sentencing: ‘they know not what they do’

Wed 16 Jul 2025

The Sycamore Gap sentencing: ‘they know not what they do’
Martha Gill
This is an emergency. The UK is sticking its head in the sand

Sat 5 Jul 2025

This is an emergency. The UK is sticking its head in the sand
Eva Wiseman
The evolutionary biologist with her own dramatic story

Fri 4 Jul 2025

The evolutionary biologist with her own dramatic story
Eva Wiseman
Summer is always a shock, and we never learn

Wed 2 Jul 2025

Summer is always a shock, and we never learn
Giles Whittell
The Alps are melting – and never faster than now

Mon 30 Jun 2025

The Alps are melting – and never faster than now
Caroline Fraser
A toxic legacy: serial killers and environmental pollution

Sat 28 Jun 2025

A toxic legacy: serial killers and environmental pollution
Can one woman’s legal victory change the future of fossil fuels?

7 mins • S1, E1132

Can one woman’s legal victory change the future of fossil fuels?
Rachel Sylvester
Ed Miliband: ‘I’m glad Just Stop Oil has closed down’

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Ed Miliband: ‘I’m glad Just Stop Oil has closed down’
David Barnett
Druids of TikTok: it’s not all Stonehenge and white robes

Fri 20 Jun 2025

Druids of TikTok: it’s not all Stonehenge and white robes
The Observer leader
Bottom trawlers must be outlawed everywhere

Tue 10 Jun 2025

Bottom trawlers must be outlawed everywhere
Jon Ungoed-Thomas & James Tapper
The battle to stop Africa’s waters being ravaged by China’s dark fishing fleets

Sun 8 Jun 2025

The battle to stop Africa’s waters being ravaged by China’s dark fishing fleets
Richard Branson: ‘We need to fuel innovation that works with nature, not against it’

Sun 8 Jun 2025

Richard Branson: ‘We need to fuel innovation that works with nature, not against it’
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle: ‘Time is running out for our oceans’

Sat 7 Jun 2025

Sylvia Earle: ‘Time is running out for our oceans’
Bottom trawling: fishing’s dirty secret

6 mins • S1, E1119

Bottom trawling: fishing’s dirty secret
Ian Urbina
‘We must stop treating the ocean like a bottomless trash can’

Thu 5 Jun 2025

‘We must stop treating the ocean like a bottomless trash can’
Simon Barnes
My week as a cetti warbler

Wed 4 Jun 2025

My week as a cetti warbler
Fred Harter
Why banning disposable vapes might not work

Tue 3 Jun 2025

Why banning disposable vapes might not work
James Tapper
Fishing’s dirty secret spotlit in new Attenborough film

Mon 2 Jun 2025

Fishing’s dirty secret spotlit in new Attenborough film
Fred Harter
Vast swathes of the English countryside are off-limits

Fri 30 May 2025

Vast swathes of the English countryside are off-limits
Fred Harter
Why UK energy costs too much

Thu 22 May 2025

Why UK energy costs too much
Why do councils rent out their parks for summer festivals?

8 mins • S1, E1098

Why do councils rent out their parks for summer festivals?
David Taylor
Who killed Just Stop Oil?

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Who killed Just Stop Oil?

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