COP26 wrapped up in Glasgow last week, but big questions remain on how committed everyone is to reducing coal emissions. For some perspective on what was achieved at the climate summit, we speak to Christiana Figueres. She’s the former executive secretary of the United Nations Climate Convention, and she oversaw the creation of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Some European countries are feeling the weight of COVID-19’s hand through record-breaking case counts and new restrictions. Gerald Gartlehner, a professor in evidence-based medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Kai Kupferschmidt, a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, give us the rundown in Austria and Germany. We also ask University of Toronto epidemiologist David Fisman if Canadians should be worried about rising numbers in some of our provinces.

If the world is going to meet the targets to manage the effects of climate change, electric cars could be a big part of the solution. Our producer Samira Mohyeddin travelled to Dundee, Scotland to look at the journey of the electric car in the city. We also speak to Alexandre Milovanoff, a researcher at the University of Toronto, about the road ahead for electric vehicles in Canada.

COP26 ends in Glasgow on Friday, and world leaders, scientists, and lobbyists have spent the last couple of weeks making deals and pledges in an attempt to keep the world from catastrophic warming. We speak to University of British Columbia political science professor Kathryn Harrison, and Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, about the key takeaways from COP26.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Canada following his trip to Glasgow for COP26. Now, he’ll have to face Canadian Premiers and opposition parties to deliver on the promises he made in Scotland. Charelle Evelyn, the managing editor of The Hill Times; Kelly Cryderman, a Globe and Mail reporter and columnist; and Daniel Thibeault, the host of Radio Canada's Les Coulisses De Pouvoir, make up our national affairs panel. They discuss the stage for the 44th Parliament of Canada by touching on climate politics and the upcoming Three Amigos summit, among other topics.

Poet, author and activist Lee Maracle has died at the age of 71. She was a member of the Stó:lō Nation, and wrote books such as Ravensong, I Am Woman, My Conversations with Canadians and Celia’s Song. We hear her reading her poem Blind Justice, as well as clips from her previous interviews with the CBC.

We travel along the MacKenzie River to talk to northern community members whose lives have been affected by climate change; like Frank T'Seleie, a traditional leader and former chief in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. who has been fighting to protect the land and water of the region for decades. We also talk with Gladys Norwegian, the former Grand Chief of the Dehcho, whose life was forever changed by severe spring floodwaters in the communities of Jean Marie River, N.W.T., and Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

We speak to Billy Archie in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. He’s an Inuvialuit Elder-in-training who hunts and fishes. He highlights how climate change is affecting hunting and fishing in his community.

When he was eight years old, Russell Moses had to leave his home on the Six Nations reserve and live at a residential school. It was 1942, and he and other children there were put to work as part of the civilian war effort. He eventually served in the Canadian military and saw active duty in the Korean War. Today, his son, Canadian Armed Forces veteran John Moses, would like more recognition for his father and other Indigenous people who were part of the war effort. He reflects on his father’s legacy.

Temperatures are warming in parts of the north, and moose are becoming more and more common as a result. This has led to a growing demand for moosehide tanning in those parts. We hear from Melaw Nakehk'o, a Dene artist, film maker and moosehide tanner, who’s taught moosehide tanning to Inuit people in northern Labrador; and Liz Pijogge, a northern contaminants researcher at Nunatsiavut Government, and one of Nakehk'o’s students.