The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), in partnership with BBC Radio Four, presents 39 ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet. On this page you will find free teaching resources to accompany the radio series. Catch up with the podcasts via the BBC website by clicking Episodes.
More Power from the Sun
Solar electricity is clean but the cells we see on our rooftops could be much more efficient
Super rice
Super rice is a solution to tackling climate change and the dilemma of a growing population
Robots of the wind
As of 2020, the UK has more installed offshore wind capacity than any other country in the world
Siberian rewilding
How trees and fluffy snow are the bad guys when it comes to climate change in Siberia
Sublime seagrass
Can underwater seagrass meadows make a comeback to reduce our carbon?
Bog-tastic!
There's a lot of carbon locked up in the peatlands of Britain and Ireland. Can we keep it there and even return drained bogs to life, sucking more carbon dioxide from the air?
Chilling food
Improving ‘the cold chain’, quickening food transportation and developing new technologies to move food from farm to table are all critical to tackling climate change
Steel without the fossil fuels
Steel is an extraordinarily strong alloy of iron and carbon which ‘makes much of the skeleton of our world today’. However, it accounts for a large chunk of our global carbon dioxide emissions. To combat this a new joint venture in Sweden might pave the way for green steel in the future
Zero carbon farm
Can British farmers transform themselves into carbon-cutting heroes?
Cutting the Cow Burps
There is over a billion head of cattle throughout the world, with each cow emitting methane equivalent to around 1 tonne of carbon dioxide per year
The Chill Hunters
Refrigerators are increasingly the focus of environmental attention due to the fearsomely potent greenhouse gas they use
Swiss Air
Giant fans are sucking in fresh air from the Swiss Alps and Iceland's frozen interior, capturing carbon dioxide and removing it from the atmosphere
Insulate the nation
Retrofitting new technology to insulate old homes on a grand scale
Magical rockdust
Discover how sprinkling rockdust on farm fields could capture carbon
Hydrogen revolution
It could be the fuel of the future- for homes and for heavy machinery
Slippery ships
How the international shipping fleet might green up its act
Better batteries
Batteries are powering the electric car revolution, but can we make them last longer?
39 ways to save the planet
Find out more about the episodes and read additional comments by some of the specialists advising on the series
