Global Concerns Episodes Available now

The Montreal Protocol
From 1996, methyl chloroform and CFCs were banned to protect the ozone layer

The Environment in 1995
A review of the major environmental events of 1995 with Robin Pellew and Alex Kirby

Global Warming Denied
Global warming deniers say the rising temperatures predictions are based on flawed data

What Could Happen to Plutonium Stockpiles?
The fear of plutonium falling into the wrong hands

Logging Companies and the Timber Trade
How well are the world's forests being managed?

Climate Change Special
How computer modelling is predicting the effects of climate change and the need for action

Caspian Sea Under Threat
From heavy industry to mining, from oil to jellyfish - the many threats to the Caspian Sea

Global Biodiversity
Ghillean Prance on why biodiversity is important for maintaining the planet's atmosphere

Lake-hole Trapping
Canadian Inuit people protest against the banning of the import of furs to the EU

Oil-rich Ogoniland
How oil spills and smoke fumes from burning flares are affecting the Ogoni people