News update: The Earth breaches its temperature target
In 2024, the global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Graihagh Jackson considers the significance of this key climate target being breached.
In 2024, the global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Graihagh Jackson and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Climate Report Esme Stallard consider the significance of this key climate target being breached. Plus, why farmers in Malawi are switching to banana wine and how global warming might be forcing humpback whales to migrate even further.
With Zeke Hausfather, Climate Scientist at the University of California, Berkeley; and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa reporter Ashley Lime.
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Production Team: Anne Okumu in Malawi; Diane Richardson, Ellie House and Sophie Eastaugh in London
Sound Mix: James Beard and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts
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