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News update: The Earth breaches its temperature target

January 10, 2025 0:27:57 6.09 MB ( 20.73 MB less) Downloads: 0

In 2024, the global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Graihagh Jackson and BBC Climate Report Esme Stallard consider the significance of this key climate target being breached. Plus, why farmers in Malawi are switching to banana wine and how global warming might be forcing humpback whales to migrate even further.

With Zeke Hausfather, Climate Scientist at the University of California, Berkeley; and BBC Africa reporter Ashley Lime.

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Production Team: Diane Richardson, Ellie House, Sophie Eastaugh Sound Mix: James Beard and Tom Brignell Editor: Simon Watts