July 09, 2024

What can we do to reduce black carbon?

26 minutes

This little-known pollutant is making us sick and driving the climate crisis. It commonly comes from burning coal, diesel or wood and has a habit of getting stuck in people’s lungs as well as causing glaciers to melt.

In Nepal, home to some of the world’s most beautiful glaciers, we meet journalist Tulsi Rauniyar, who tells us all about the impact black carbon is having on women and children. She meets Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, a glacier expert who maps the ice losses in the Himalayas. Zerin Osho from the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development helps us understand why black carbon is so important - but often forgotten - in the fight against climate change, and how we can change that.

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Presenter: Graihagh Jackson

Producer: Ben Cooper

Researcher: Octavia Woodward

Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown

Editor: Simon Watts

Sound Designer: Tom Brignell

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