The Climate Question

What has COP achieved?

Nearly three decades since the United Nations climate talks began, we take a look at what it has achieved when it comes to tackling climate change. We also look towards COP 28 taking place in Dubai and ask what progress can be made at the latest round of negotiations. 
It’s the only international negotiation on climate change and a unique opportunity to get agreement on how to best tackle global warming – but it has its critics as well as its fans. Joining Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar are:
Adil Najam - Professor of International Relations, Earth and Environment at Boston University's Pardee School, USA 
Dr Musonda Mumba – Secretary General for the Convention on Wetlands 
David Victor - Professor of Innovation and Public Policy University of California, San Diego, USA. Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.comResearchers – Barry Sadid and Shorouk Elkobrsi
Series Producer – Alex Lewis 
Editor - China Collins
Sound Engineer - Tom Brignell

A global programme that reflects the variety of takes on climate change, how best to understand it and the world’s attempts to avert it, temper it or adapt to it.
It is not about questioning whether climate change is happening, it’s about finding the best ways to respond to it.
This is sharp-edged, analytical inquiry. Hard scrutiny, touched with a sense of adventure and discovery, and where we can find it, hope.
It includes stories from across the world on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.