The Climate Question

The Climate Question

Hosted by Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar and Esme Stallard · BBC World Service

4.7from 785 ratings

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84Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
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.

  1. 8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Why does climate change hit women harder?

  2. 1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

    AMOC: How the changing Atlantic could reshape our world

  3. 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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Who 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?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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