The biggest issues in global development and the environment.
World Service,Β·490 episodes
Why Brazil's small farmers are going green.
Planned boycott of American goods and the efficacy of consumer power.
United States pulls out of the Kyoto Protocol. How much does this matter?
Renewable wind energy, an exploration of the opposition to wind turbines in Cambridgeshire
Does it make sense to try to keep the sea out or let it come flooding in?
Killing off species before we even know they exist.
Natural disasters be increasing in frequency and size? Reports from disaster hit areas
Exploring the pollution in cities and the dangers to the health of its inhabitants.
The threat of global warming and its effects on smaller developing nations.
Gold rush in Turkey, and increasing tensions with the local population.
Reports from Istanbul, India and Taiwan, on attempts to earthquake-proof cities.
A look at cork production and the threats faced by producers.
Report on climate change and the increase of malaria cases in Zimbabwe.
Report on hurricanes, climate change and its consequences in Florida
Endangered fish species in European and West African waters
A look at three businesses, from Pakistan, the Philippines and the South Pacific
Report on the temperate climate in County Kerry, South West Ireland
A report from the Sakha Republic and how it will be affected by climate change.
A report from Thailand and how it will be affected by climate change.
Mass use of plastics, a report into its use and disposal.
Legacy of pollution in the Ukraine and Russia, trying to clean up the land.
Can trees mop up greenhouse gases and does this help to counter global warming?
Reducing pollution as the summit on climate change approaches
Dealing with rubbish on the West Coast of Africa, with a focus on Gambia.
How women in the Indian capital, Delhi, have broken the power of the slum lords.
The issues with waste disposal, how is rubbish dealt with across the globe?
The mixed impact of tourism around the world.
How Tanzania is fighting to bring water and healthcare to its people
The world's supply of food. Issues discussed include GMO crops and patenting of food types
Environmental crime from Cambodia to the Chelsea Flower Show, illegally produced timber