<description>&lt;p&gt;Plastics are everywhere – for good reason – they're cheap, abundant and can go into a myriad of different products from food packaging to vital medical equipment. But plastic waste has a devastating effect on the environment and the manufacturing process is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The world is trying to agree on a treaty to reduce plastics pollution but a recent meeting in South Korea ended in failure. Graihagh Jackson talks to experts on the past and future of plastics, and she hears a report from Malaysia, where plastic waste dumps can be up to 15 metres high.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presenter: Graihagh Jackson 
Reporter in Malaysia: Leana Hosea
Guests: Susan Frankel, author of "Plastic: A Toxic Love Story", and Dr Cressida Bowyer, Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability at the University of Portsmouth. 
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production Support: Ellie House
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What does the failure of talks on a global plastics treaty mean for climate change?

Plastics are everywhere – for good reason – they're cheap, abundant and can go into a myriad of different products from food packaging to vital medical equipment. But plastic waste has a devastating effect on the environment and the manufacturing process is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The world is trying to agree on a treaty to reduce plastics pollution but a recent meeting in South Korea ended in failure. Graihagh Jackson talks to experts on the past and future of plastics, and she hears a report from Malaysia, where plastic waste dumps can be up to 15 metres high.Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenter: Graihagh Jackson 
Reporter in Malaysia: Leana Hosea
Guests: Susan Frankel, author of "Plastic: A Toxic Love Story", and Dr Cressida Bowyer, Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability at the University of Portsmouth. 
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production Support: Ellie House
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

Climate change and plastic - what's the connection?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Climate change is melting thousands of glaciers in the Himalayas and having a devastating impact on the people who live there. The BBC's Caroline Davies has just been to the Pakistani side of the world's highest mountain range: she tells Graihagh Jackson how villagers are coping, and how they are determined to stay put despite the risks of floods and the disruption to their traditional way of life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can watch Caroline's reporting from Pakistan here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00246nx/from-above-melting-glaciers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter in Pakistan: Caroline Davies
Producers in Pakistan: Fakhir Munir, Usman Zahid, Kamil Dayan Khan
Producers in London: Ellie House and Osman Iqbal
Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We report from the front line of climate change in the mountains of Pakistan

Climate change is melting thousands of glaciers in the Himalayas and having a devastating impact on the people who live there. The BBC's Caroline Davies has just been to the Pakistani side of the world's highest mountain range: she tells Graihagh Jackson how villagers are coping, and how they are determined to stay put despite the risks of floods and the disruption to their traditional way of life.You can watch Caroline's reporting from Pakistan here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00246nx/from-above-melting-glaciersGot a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
Reporter in Pakistan: Caroline Davies
Producers in Pakistan: Fakhir Munir, Usman Zahid, Kamil Dayan Khan
Producers in London: Ellie House and Osman Iqbal
Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

What do melting glaciers mean for the Himalayas?

<description>&lt;p&gt;For two weeks, nearly 200 countries have been in Azerbaijan trying to come to an agreement on climate change and how to finance the transition to clean and green economies in developing nations. At COP 29, there were walk-outs, there was drama, and then there was a deal - of sorts. Graihagh Jackson is joined by an all-star panel to re-cap what happened and ask what all of this means for our planet. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Guests:
Justin Rowlatt, BBC Climate Editor
Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations and Environment at the Pardee School and President of WWF
David Victor, Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the University of California, San Diego
Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the UN Convention on Wetlands&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presenters: Graihagh Jackson with Jordan Dunbar 
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Giles Aspen&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This year's UN climate conference was all about finance. Did the "Money COP" pay up?

For two weeks, nearly 200 countries have been in Azerbaijan trying to come to an agreement on climate change and how to finance the transition to clean and green economies in developing nations. At COP 29, there were walk-outs, there was drama, and then there was a deal - of sorts. Graihagh Jackson is joined by an all-star panel to re-cap what happened and ask what all of this means for our planet. Guests:
Justin Rowlatt, BBC Climate Editor
Adil Najam, Professor of International Relations and Environment at the Pardee School and President of WWF
David Victor, Professor of Innovation and Public Policy at the University of California, San Diego
Dr Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the UN Convention on WetlandsGot a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenters: Graihagh Jackson with Jordan Dunbar 
Producer: Octavia Woodward
Production Co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Editor: Simon Watts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Giles Aspen

Was the COP climate summit a success?

<description>&lt;p&gt;In his latest climate change 101, Jordan Dunbar looks at how climate change affects our everyday lives. He discusses the impact on our weather with BBC forecaster Louise Lear; while BBC Africa business journalist Clare Muthinji looks at what a warmer world means for the economy - from prices at the supermarket to where we go on holiday!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presenter and Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Researchers: Octavia Woodward, Osman Iqbal and Tsogzolmaa Shofyor
Sound Design: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Jordan Dunbar looks at what a warmer world means for our everyday lives

In his latest climate change 101, Jordan Dunbar looks at how climate change affects our everyday lives. He discusses the impact on our weather with BBC forecaster Louise Lear; while BBC Africa business journalist Clare Muthinji looks at what a warmer world means for the economy - from prices at the supermarket to where we go on holiday!Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenter and Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Researchers: Octavia Woodward, Osman Iqbal and Tsogzolmaa Shofyor
Sound Design: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

How does climate change affect me?

<description>&lt;p&gt;When Cyclone Freddy swept through Malawi, it left 100s of thousands of people destitute. Now, survivors are among the first in the world to receive a new kind of climate compensation to relocate and rebuild their lives. This "loss and damage" funding is one of the key issues at the COP meeting in Baku. This year, the focus of the global climate summit is the help which more developed nations should give to countries in the Global South. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Graihagh Jackson hears directly from Malawians who've received international climate aid, in their case from Scotland. And she asks Scottish First Minister, John Swinney: Is the money enough? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721
 
Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
BBC Africa Reporter in Malawi: Ashley Lime
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Anne Okumu
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We're in Malawi to find out what cyclone survivors need from the COP meeting in Baku

When Cyclone Freddy swept through Malawi, it left 100s of thousands of people destitute. Now, survivors are among the first in the world to receive a new kind of climate compensation to relocate and rebuild their lives. This "loss and damage" funding is one of the key issues at the COP meeting in Baku. This year, the focus of the global climate summit is the help which more developed nations should give to countries in the Global South. Graihagh Jackson hears directly from Malawians who've received international climate aid, in their case from Scotland. And she asks Scottish First Minister, John Swinney: Is the money enough? Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721
 
Presenter: Graihagh Jackson
BBC Africa Reporter in Malawi: Ashley Lime
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Anne Okumu
Production co-ordinators: Sophie Hill and Katie Morrison
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

What do developing nations want from the big climate summit?

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