The Climate Question

News update: The Earth breaches its temperature target


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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.

Got a climate question you’d like answered? Email: [email protected] or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721

Production Team: Anne Okumu in Malawi; Diane Richardson, Ellie House and Sophie Eastaugh in London

Sound Mix: James Beard and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts

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