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Fm4Klimanews Preview of COP28 - the climate conference in an oil state
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 29.11.23 17:00
11/29/2023 • 18 minutes, 24 seconds
Saving Brazil's Threated Cerrado Savannah
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
10/18/2023 • 29 minutes, 7 seconds
In Depth: The Vicious War In The Amazon Over Deforestation
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
