BBC Sounds - Costing the Earth - Available Episodes

End of the petrol age

Tom Heap explores the decision to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030.

• 28 mins
• 01 Dec 2020

China 2060

Celia Hatton and guests discuss China's pledge to be carbon neutral by 2060.

• 28 mins
• 24 Nov 2020

I Believe I Can Fly?

Tom Heap asks what lies ahead for aviation and its environmental impact, post-pandemic.

• 28 mins
• 17 Nov 2020

American election

What will the American election result mean for the environment? Tom Heap investigates.

• 28 mins
• 10 Nov 2020

Too darn hot

Tom Heap explores the cost to the environment of air conditioning.

• 28 mins
• 03 Nov 2020

The Future of Environmentalism

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley looks to the future of the environmental movement

• 28 mins
• 27 Oct 2020

A short history of environmental protest

Tom Heap takes a look back at the evolution of environmental campaigning.

• 28 mins
• 20 Oct 2020

World on Fire

A panel of experts discuss the situation with this year's wildfires.

• 28 mins
• 13 Oct 2020

Bushfire Animal Rescue

Can Australia's unique animal life bounce back from bushfire devastation?

• 28 mins
• 06 Oct 2020

The Great Leaky Loo Scandal

How billions of litres of water are lost each week - from a system intended to save water.

• 28 mins
• 29 Sep 2020

Swimming in Superbugs?

Ellen Husain investigates how antibiotic resistant bacteria may be surviving in our seas.

• 28 mins
• 22 Sep 2020

Build, Build, Build

Peter Gibbs looks at how we respond to Boris Johnson's call to "build build build".

• 28 mins
• 15 Sep 2020

Autopia to Utopia? Car-Free Cities

Has the Covid crisis jump started us towards car-free cities?

• 28 mins
• 08 Sep 2020

Forests of the Future

Peter Gibbs asks if trees can really trump carbon emissions.

• 28 mins
• 26 May 2020

Is this something I should be doing?

Carbon offsetting - the latest news

• 28 mins
• 19 May 2020

Flooding Britain

How can the way we manage the environment help prevent flooding? Caz Graham investigates.

• 28 mins
• 12 May 2020

Silencing with Noise

How is the rising tide of man-made noise affecting our wildlife and what can be done?

• 28 mins
• 05 May 2020

Zero Carbon Britain

Can Britain achieve its environmental commitments for 2050?

• 28 mins
• 28 Apr 2020

Music's Green Day

Tom Heap asks what the music industry can do to reduce its carbon footprint.

• 28 mins
• 21 Apr 2020

Covid-19: the environmental impact

What effect is the coronavirus pandemic having on the environment? Tom Heap investigates.

• 28 mins
• 14 Apr 2020