Can the pandemic spur action on climate change?

World leaders signed the Paris Climate Agreement five years ago to cut carbon emissions and stop global temperature rises.

However, the last five years have been the warmest on record.

Wildfires, heatwaves, floods and melting ice caps all point to our planet in crisis.

But the coronavirus pandemic is providing hope of a green, climate-led recovery.

In collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth award, we look at how even the smallest actions can trigger global change.

Presenter: Amanda Burrell

Guests:

Inger Andersen – Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

Fabian Leendertz – Group leader at the Robert Koch Institute and UN Champions of the Earth award recipient

Mindy Lubber – CEO of environmental organisation Ceres and UN Champions of the Earth award recipient