42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Climate change could get dramatically worse if certain tipping points are reached.

What do we mean by energy sufficiency? And wow does the concept provide an answer to the energy crisis?

The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement created a political and legal framework for definitively limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.

Can past changes in our climate tell us more about the environmental crises we are facing today?

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

Northern Sweden is pioneering green hydrogen steel production, a project closely watched across Europe.

Too much or too little water: signs of climate change are causing problems in Hungary.

Bolivia's second largest lake, has recently dried up, leaving behind a salt desert where Lake Poopó once was.

As wildfires in California become more widespread and fierce every year, the state fire department is adapting its strategy: deliberately setting fire to sections of bush as they fight fire with fire.

Satellite images of Hurricane Otis racked up 16 million views on social media. Why is exteme weather imagery so popular?

What lessons are being learnt in Canada from the devastating forest fires of Québec in summer 2023?

New forests in New Zealand, planted to absorb greenhouse gases come with unexpected environmental problems.

A crucial dilemma for Greenland: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

Svalbard lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole and has more polar bears than human inhabitants. This starkly beautiful land is on the frontline of climate change with dramatic and visible changes over the last decade making it the fastest warming place on earth.

China and the Netherlands are especially at risk. How can coastal communities adapt to the threat of rising sea levels?

 If the carbon in the peatlands is released into the atmosphere, it would be an ecological disaster.

Sustainable consumption: is it all just greenwashing and deception?

The solution to having your plans upset? Don't make plans

Russian geophysicists want to prevent the permafrost from thawing due to climate change. 

What should Europe do about its damaged and depleted soil?

 Twist meets the singular people who dive into dange,r be they artists, scientists, climbers or photojournalists.

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Children often experience their first feelings of love at nursery age.  What does it feel like for children? 

Linked to obesity and diabetes, sugar may even have a lasting impact on our brains.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.