Costing the Earth

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Costing the Earth

Por BBC Radio 4
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James Wong on the World's Toughest Plants

Between 20 and 33% of the world's plant species are currently at risk of global extinction....

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Future Forests

Can Britain revive its forests and grow the wood we need for a greener economy? Tom Heap...

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Mekong Delta Blues

New dams threaten life on South-East Asia's most vital river, a river that provides food and...

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Exploding Penguins

The penguins of the Falkland Islands have thrived since the war of 1982, protected from human...

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Insulation for the Nation

Our homes are responsible for 25% of our carbon emissions in the UK. Tom Heap asks if we can...

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Sinking Solomon Islands

Five of the Solomon Islands have already been lost to sea level rise and many more are being...

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Reasons to Be Cheerful?

The Skoll World Forum was set up by eBay founder, Jeff Skoll to pursue his optimistic vision of a...

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Fishing Future

The British fishing industry suffered decades of sharp decline during our membership of the...

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Unfrozen North

What happens in the world's most northerly town when the permafrost de-frosts? Eleanor Rosamund...

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Trump's Big Sell Off

Tom Heap examines the future for America's Wild West- and its Mild East- under a Donald Trump...

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Heroines of the Rainforest

The Indonesian rainforest has suffered enormous damage over the last few decades. Logged for...

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Delivering Clean Air

Internet shopping continues to rise worldwide. That means a lot more delivery vans on the streets...

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Soil Saviours

Can soil play a role in the fight against climate change? Our soils are the biggest store of...

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Black Gold in Paradise

Yasuni National Park in Ecuador is widely recognised as the most biodiverse place on earth....

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Rig Retirement

As many of the oil and gas platforms in the North Sea come to the end of their useful life,...

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Fighting Fire

When wildfires engulfed the Canadian city of Fort McMurray last May 90,000 people were displaced...

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America's Energy Independence

New President elect of the USA Donald Trump is a climate change denier, and so what does his rise...

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Cruising: A Dirty Secret

A new cruise ship terminal is planned for Greenwich. Enderby Wharf will bring holiday makers...

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Putting the Fizz Back into Planet Earth

Can we find a use for all that pesky climate-changing carbon dioxide? If we can turn excess CO2...

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Nuclear Futures

Our nuclear power stations are being pushed to run well past their planned life-span. Matthew...

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