
The Climate Question
Hosted by Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar and Esme Stallard · BBC World Service
4.7from 785 ratings
- 300
- Episodes
- 136
- Transcribed
- 785
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 126K
- YouTube views
About The Climate Question
Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 8 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
136 of 300 episodes have a transcript.

8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why does climate change hit women harder?

1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
AMOC: How the changing Atlantic could reshape our world

18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mining: Can we learn lessons from the past?
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Why does climate change hit women harder?
Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think in Africa, it's something like 600 million women still cook on charcoal or wood and inhale The fumes and it affects them and, you know, small children who are with their mother or on their mother's back. A very serious impact on women that is exacerbated by the fact that air pollution anyway is worsening. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Climate Question
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Mary Robinson
- Penny Holliday
- James Crawford
- Thomas Mukhwana
- Miguel Aristegui
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 125,543
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 174 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 611 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts The Climate Question?
Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar and Esme Stallard host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Climate Question take guests?
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