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Can climate change ever be funny?

Budding stand-up comedian Jordan Dunbar investigates if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming.

Budding comedian (and Climate Question presenter) Jordan Dunbar sets out to discover if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming. Jordan gets advice from comics and academics from around the world, and then performs his own climate change routine at a stand-up comedy venue in London.

Presenter and part-time comedian: Jordan Dunbar
Full-time comedians: Dr Jason Leung, Njambi McGrath, Esteban Gast
Comedy history guru: Aaron Sachs, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change

Researcher: Octavia Woodward
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Series producer: Simon Watts
Sound mix: Tom Brignell

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

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