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Living Planet | Deutsche Welle
Living Planet | Deutsche Welle
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Every Thursday, a new episode of Living Planet brings you environment stories from around the world, digging deeper into topics that touch... more

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Episodes

Amitav Ghosh on colonialism & the climate crisis

We talk to renowned Indian author Amitav Ghosh about the origins of the climate crisis, the story of one very... more

08 Jun 2023 · 30 minutes
Introducing: Drilled on ExxonMobil's oil colonialism in Guyana

This week we're sharing an episode of Drilled, a true-crime climate podcast we love that describes itself as Law &... more

01 Jun 2023 · 29 minutes
Critical minerals & decarbonization: Can we have our cake and eat it, too?

We hear from people in Puchuncaví, Chile, who want to reclaim their region from industrial exploitation. And we talk to... more

25 May 2023 · 30 minutes
Climate misinformation: How do we tackle it? (rebroadcast)

In this special episode, three experts on climate mis/disinformation discuss the way factually inaccurate and misleading information about the environment... more

18 May 2023 · 29 minutes
Genetic modification divides Kenya, swapping coca for biodiversity in Colombia & Ghana's eroding coastline

We hear why Kenyan farmers are rejecting genetically modified seeds, meet the biodiversity guardians protecting peace in the rainforest region... more

11 May 2023 · 30 minutes
Introducing: Heat of the Moment on what a 'just transition' really means

This week we're sharing an episode from Heat of the Moment, a podcast from Foreign Policy in partnership with the... more

04 May 2023 · 30 minutes
Conflicting priorities: The cost of cobalt, dealing with deer in Scotland & fighting heat and air pollution in India's slums

On Living Planet this week, too many deer in the Scottish Highlands are leading to community disputes over how to... more

27 Apr 2023 · 30 minutes
Fake electronics lead to e-waste, the pitfalls of compostable packaging and a greener refugee camp

This week on Living Planet, we hear how refugees in Cameroon are creating shade and fresher air, as they connect... more

20 Apr 2023 · 29 minutes
Hawaii: Paradise in peril

We head to the Hawaiian Islands to hear how climate change and the touristic obsession with a dreamy island getaway... more

13 Apr 2023 · 29 minutes
A change of taste: Coffee, wine & flying

Are two of the world's most beloved beverages – coffee and wine – viable in a world warped by climate... more

06 Apr 2023 · 30 minutes
Preventing the next pandemic

We hear how the next zoonotic disease could be brewing in Kenya, and speak to a non-profit group trying to... more

30 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
The Way of Water

From the water shortage in the Western United States to changes in floodplains in the Amazon, how is climate change... more

23 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Searching for home on a hotter planet

We follow Australians battered by climate catastrophes, a walrus devoid of its ice floes and Indians from the eastern state... more

16 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Climate in the classroom

How should we talk to kids about climate change? From Belgian teens interacting with climate change on a philosophical level... more

09 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Profits, peaks & climate-proofing islands

At a time when many people are struggling to pay their energy bills, we hear how oil and gas giants... more

02 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Back to basics: Hand-pollination, ancient grains & organic hope

Today on Living Planet — more farmers around the world are turning their backs on industrial agriculture in an effort... more

23 Feb 2023 · 29 minutes
Flower power, cloud catchers & green cobalt

We head to the Canary Islands, where scientists are devising novel ways to squeeze every last drop of moisture out... more

16 Feb 2023 · 29 minutes
Europe is destroying ancient forests in the name of 'green energy'

Is burning wood to generate energy sustainable? It is according to the EU's renewable energy strategy — a policy that... more

09 Feb 2023 · 30 minutes
The nature around us: Permafrost science breaks down in the Russian Arctic, building a library of species, biopiracy and brown hyenas

This week on Living Planet, we hear from climate scientists whose work has been disrupted by the war in Ukraine.... more

02 Feb 2023 · 29 minutes
How do we shake fossil fuels? Petrochemicals in beauty products, Uganda's pipeline battle and evaluating EVs

Today on Living Planet — a controversial oil pipeline in Uganda stirs up strong reactions. We ask what fossil fuels... more

26 Jan 2023 · 29 minutes
Finding the cold on a warming planet — balmy winter sports, chilly supermarkets and ancient ice cores

Today on Living Planet, we're traveling to some cold (and not-so-cold) places. We're asking how Europe’s snow-starved winters are affecting... more

19 Jan 2023 · 29 minutes
Too far or not far enough?

In recent months, climate activists have thrown food at famous paintings and glued themselves to roads. In the German town... more

12 Jan 2023 · 30 minutes
Assault on the Amazon's guardians

This week on Living Planet — as Brazil welcomes its next president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, we reflect on... more

05 Jan 2023 · 29 minutes
Another spin around the sun

This week on Living Planet, we look back at a few of our favorite stories and interviews from the year.... more

29 Dec 2022 · 30 minutes
Maintaining tradition: Growing chestnuts & tasting the weather

This week on Living Planet, we're getting a little festive – venturing to chestnut groves in Italy and to the... more

22 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
A betrayal of resources: Namibia's Fishrot scandal and a First Nation view of the global biodiversity conference

This week on Living Planet, 21-year-old Ta'Kaiya Blaney from the Tla'amin Nation shares her perspective on the current biodiversity summit... more

15 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
Into the wasteland: An investigative special

Do you really know what happens to the stuff you throw away? In this episode, we follow the dirty trail... more

08 Dec 2022 · 30 minutes
Is it time to end biofuels?

As energy prices go sky-high this winter, any source of affordable energy may seem like a welcome reprieve. But does... more

01 Dec 2022 · 29 minutes
Planting the seeds of change

As the dust settles on COP27 climate talks in Egypt, we reflect on what was and what wasn't achieved to... more

24 Nov 2022 · 30 minutes
Climate justice: Who’s gonna pay for climate change?

In this special episode, five experts talk about how the world might pay for the harm that's been inflicted on... more

18 Nov 2022 · 30 minutes
Living Planet | Deutsche Welle
Finding the cold on a warming planet — balmy winter sports, chilly supermarkets and ancient ice cores
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Today on Living Planet, we're traveling to some cold (and not-so-cold) places. We're asking how Europe’s snow-starved winters are affecting winter sport... more