The Climate Question

Graihagh Jackson, Jordan Dunbar

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led climate journalism show examining the causes, consequences, and solutions to climate change, with external guests ranging from scientists and authors to mayors, architects, and policy leaders. Credible pitches include climate scientists, public-health specialists, urban planners, city officials, climate-policy experts, and authors or executives with substantive environmental expertise; booking is likely high difficulty because the show is produced by BBC World Service and regularly features prominent specialists.

Metrics

Episodes: 308

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Graihagh Jackson - BBC World Service journalist and presenter covering climate and environmental issues.

Jordan Dunbar - BBC World Service journalist and presenter covering climate, science, and global affairs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Recognized climate scientists, epidemiologists, authors, elected city leaders, architects, urban planners, policy specialists, and senior leaders of respected environmental or research organizations.
Required Achievements:  
Published research or books, Senior leadership of major organizations or coalitions, Elected public office, Participation in major international climate forums, Substantial field or policy experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Neil Vora - Zoonotic Diseases, Deforestation, Climate Change, Epidemics, And Pandemic Prevention.

Kim Stanley Robinson - Climate Fiction, Climate Activism, Climate-resilient Technology, And The Role Of Imagination In Addressing Climate Change.

Rogier van den Berg - Climate-friendly Urban Design, Energy-efficient Buildings, Sustainable Transport, And City-based Climate Solutions.

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - Urban Climate Adaptation, Heatwaves, Flooding, Emissions Reduction, And The Role Of Cities In Climate Action.

Recent Topics

Climate Change, Climate Policy, Climate Science, Sustainability, Environmental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Climate Question
:

How is climate change affecting motherhood?

August 02, 2026

Graihagh Jackson talks to mothers from India, Kenya and the UK about how climate change is affecting women's decisions about whether to have children and how to raise them.Her guests are Bhavreen Kandhari, a clean air campaigner from Delhi; Dr Susan Chomba, a Kenyan forest scientist and environmentalist; and Dr Elizabeth Cripps, a political philosopher specializing in climate justice. This programme was first broadcast in 2025.Got a question for The Climate Question? Email us: theclimatequest...

Do climate protests ever work?

July 26, 2026

Climate activists have blocked highways, scaled oil rigs and even thrown soup at master artworks. But have protests ever made a difference? The modern green movement started in the 1970s when Greenpeace sailed a fishing boat towards a nuclear test site in Alaska. It now encompasses everything from bake-ins and marches to Radiohead concerts. A small minority of activists even favour breaking the law to raise awareness about climate change. Some of them have superglued themselves to railings an...

Could climate change fuel an epidemic?

July 19, 2026

Scientists are warning that climate change and deforestation increase the risk of outbreaks of deadly diseases. How big is the danger? And what action can we take? Dr Neil Vora is a so-called “disease doctor” - an epidemiologist who has travelled the world to help trace the sources of outbreaks of Ebola, cow pox and rabies. Dr Vora tells The Climate Question hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar about his specialism in zoonotic diseases, which are caused by infections passing from animals ...

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