FM4 Reality Check Podcast

COP28 is as controversial as it is crucial. A key meeting to ween the world off fossil-fuels taking place in a fossil fuel state. We hear of oil deal scandal engulfing the presidency, but also why the COP process remains vital, we hear about a "global stocktake" and how climate scientists exerience COPs. A special show from Fm4 Klimanews' Chris Cummins. Sendungshinweis: OKFM4, 29.11.2023, 17 Uhr

The Brazilian Cerrado savannah is vital to the planet. It's stores as much carbon as a rainforest, it hosts 5% of the world's biodiversity and it is the source of most of Brazil's water, making it a lifeline for the Amazon. But it is being destroyed at a dizzying rate to grow the soybeans used as animal feed for the global meat and dairy industry. Chris Cummins has been to this threatened jewel. Sendungshinweis: OKfm4 18.10.23 18uhr

Two years in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to end global deforestation by 2030. But the latest figures show that actually deforestation rates are not decreasing but are increasing! The new Global Forest Watch An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year. That's 11 football pitches a minute. Brazil is the worst area and there a battle is waging between forest defenders and organized crime. With Chris Cummins Sendungshinweis Mo Show 30.07.23 8.15

A European plan to restore degraded ecosystems is under threat from right-wing lawmakers. Conservationists say it’s our last chance to avoid a catastrophic ecosystem collapse. Sendungshinweis: OK Fm4 13.06.23 um 17.20

At least a third of global greenhouse emissions are linked to food production. At the same time we have depleted our soil so badly the UN is warning farming may be impossible in the future. Something has to radically change. Ecological economist Marc Buckley has an idea: Regenerative farming: Sendungshinweis: FM4 Morning Show, 17.04.2023, 6 Uhr