The Climate Question

Can climate change ever be funny?

Budding comedian (and Climate Question presenter) Jordan Dunbar sets out to discover if humour can help us understand - and cope with - global warming. Jordan gets advice from comics and academics from around the world, and then performs his own climate change routine at a stand-up comedy venue in London.Presenter and part-time comedian: Jordan Dunbar
Full-time comedians: Dr Jason Leung, Njambi McGrath, Esteban Gast
Comedy history guru: Aaron Sachs, professor of history at Cornell University and author of Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate ChangeResearcher: Octavia Woodward
Producer: Osman Iqbal
Series producer: Simon Watts
Sound mix: Tom BrignellEmail us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

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.