The biggest issues in global development and the environment.
World Service,·490 episodes
Why Brazil's small farmers are going green.
18 Apr 2001,·24 mins
Planned boycott of American goods and the efficacy of consumer power.
11 Apr 2001,·23 mins
United States pulls out of the Kyoto Protocol. How much does this matter?
10 Apr 2001,·24 mins
Renewable wind energy, an exploration of the opposition to wind turbines in Cambridgeshire
29 Mar 2001,·24 mins
Does it make sense to try to keep the sea out or let it come flooding in?
28 Mar 2001,·24 mins
Killing off species before we even know they exist.
26 Mar 2001,·24 mins
Natural disasters be increasing in frequency and size? Reports from disaster hit areas
22 Feb 2001,·23 mins
Exploring the pollution in cities and the dangers to the health of its inhabitants.
22 Feb 2001,·24 mins
The threat of global warming and its effects on smaller developing nations.
14 Feb 2001,·24 mins
Gold rush in Turkey, and increasing tensions with the local population.
Reports from Istanbul, India and Taiwan, on attempts to earthquake-proof cities.
13 Feb 2001,·24 mins
A look at cork production and the threats faced by producers.
17 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Report on climate change and the increase of malaria cases in Zimbabwe.
11 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Report on hurricanes, climate change and its consequences in Florida
04 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Endangered fish species in European and West African waters
01 Jan 2001,·24 mins
A look at three businesses, from Pakistan, the Philippines and the South Pacific
01 Jan 2001,·23 mins
Report on the temperate climate in County Kerry, South West Ireland
28 Dec 2000,·23 mins
A report from the Sakha Republic and how it will be affected by climate change.
21 Dec 2000,·28 mins
A report from Thailand and how it will be affected by climate change.
14 Dec 2000,·23 mins
Mass use of plastics, a report into its use and disposal.
11 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Legacy of pollution in the Ukraine and Russia, trying to clean up the land.
15 Nov 2000,·23 mins
Can trees mop up greenhouse gases and does this help to counter global warming?
05 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Reducing pollution as the summit on climate change approaches
01 Nov 2000,·24 mins
Dealing with rubbish on the West Coast of Africa, with a focus on Gambia.
27 Oct 2000,·23 mins
How women in the Indian capital, Delhi, have broken the power of the slum lords.
27 Oct 2000,·24 mins
The issues with waste disposal, how is rubbish dealt with across the globe?
19 Oct 2000,·24 mins
The mixed impact of tourism around the world.
18 Oct 2000,·24 mins
How Tanzania is fighting to bring water and healthcare to its people
11 Oct 2000,·23 mins
The world's supply of food. Issues discussed include GMO crops and patenting of food types
02 Oct 2000,·24 mins
Environmental crime from Cambodia to the Chelsea Flower Show, illegally produced timber
05 Sep 2000,·23 mins
