We go behind the headlines with commentary and analysis to examine what lies behind the story, and why it is relevant. Politics and people, science and technology, climate change and space exploration, it's your Reality Check on the world around us.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 days 22 hours 2 minutes
In Depth: the Save Akamas campaign and Europe's biodiversity dilemma
At the COP15 biodviersity summit the global community agreed to protect 30% of its land and 30% of its seas by 2030. The E.U. must play its part in this effort. But the example of the Akamas Pensinsula in Cyprus shows how every hectare of protected space must be fought for. Klimanews Weekly with Chris Cummins. Sendungshinweis: OK fm4, 22.12.22 18.15
In Depth - Klimanews Weekly: COP15 and our warming oceans
As negotiators try and reach a global deal for nature at COP15, we look at where biodiversity and climate meet. The oceans are our best allies in keeping the climate stable but we are treating them very badly! A podcast with Chris Cummins
In Depth: Klimanews Weekly climate psychology and climate anxiety
Climate activists are often dismissed as "hysterical" or "eco-doom-mongerers" Chris Cummins speaks to sociologist Tobias Rüttenauer and psychologist Caroline Hickmann about how is more rational: those who throw soup or those or stick their heads in the sand?
In Depth: Africa and the Climate Crisis - COP27, Respect and EACOP#
Africa is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Will COP27, hosted on African soil, be a chance for African countries, which have so much to lose, to push for more urgency? And having suffered so much from fossil fuels, should countries such as Uganda be build new oil pipelines like EACOP?
In Depth: US Midterms: No red wave, but small shifts that make a difference
Steve Crilley talks to Reinhard Heinisch of the University of Salzburg about the results and what they mean for the US moving forward
In Depth: Klimanews Weekly on Nuclear Waste
The world is hungry for energy alternatives to fossil fuels. Can we afford to ignore nuclear? Finland says it has found a solution to the lethal waste issue that has plagued the nuclear industry, but is it too good to be true.
In depth: Julian Assange's father fights for his son
Julian Assange's father John Shipton fights to get his son released.
FM4 Reality Check 220930
* Russia to annex four regionsof Ukraine * Truss government in trouble over tax cuts *
Thursday 29th September,2022
*Election deniers and the assault on US democracy* *Tensions between Iran and Iraq over death of Mahsa Amini*