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Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean midway between Norway and the North Pole. Svalbard has rugged mountains, fjords, glaciers, and polar bears, yet it is changing quickly. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen at a rate about double that of the world average. According to new data provided exclusively to GMB, the average winter temperature in Svalbard has risen by 7.7 degrees since 1970, from -15.9 to -8.2. Nowhere on the globe is heating up as quickly as here. his will have devastating consequences for the people of Svalbard; the animals here including polar bears and reindeer and will impact the rest of the world too
Coca-cola plastic bottle problem:
Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion throwaway plastic bottles each year. Panorama investigates their promises to crack down on plastic waste. Globally, more of Coke's plastic packaging is found littered than any other brand. Filming on the ground in Samoa, the Philippines and Uganda, this film asks if Coca-Cola is on track to achieve its pledge to create a world without waste
Ade on the frontline (Climate change)
The world is evolving in unprecedented ways. Humanity is confronted with a worldwide issue that threatens our way of life. Ade Adepitan travels to locations on the frontlines of climate change to observe how life is changing right now. But he'll also explore the world for climate change solutions natural and technology remedies that can help us limit climate change and adapt to the changes that are currently happening.
Ade begins in the beautiful Solomon Islands and then goes down Australia's east coast, from the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania. He visits the Solomon Islands to witness disappearing islands, learns about the 'feminisation' of green turtles, and faces the fear of wildfire. However, a trip to Tasmania, an area that is currently fully powered by renewable energy, gives him hope.
The Americas with Simon Reeve (Climate change)
Landing on a massive glacier in Alaska's Denali National Park, Simon observes firsthand the devastating impact of global climate change in the planet's far north - ice is melting at an alarming rate. Simon hears all sides of the controversy over President Trump's intentions to open the Arctic National Wilderness Reserve to oil drilling while hunting caribou with Native Americans. As Simon discovers in the Yukon while enjoying a strange cocktail containing a frozen human toe with an off-grid guy named Caveman Bill, Canada has a far greener reputation than its strong neighbour. Canada has its own set of issues: in the rich hipster paradise of Vancouver, Simon meets individuals who are saving lives in the middle of a horrific opioid addiction crisis that has claimed so many lives across the North American continent.
Cornwall with Simon Reeve (Regeneration)
Cornwall is heavily reliant on tourism, and the epidemic has exposed the vulnerability of people's livelihoods. In the first of two programmes, Simon travels across some of Britain's most stunning coastal areas and meets the fascinating Cornish personalities that make the county unique.
The epidemic has highlighted Cornwall's reliance on tourists and seasonal jobs, but Simon discovers how other sectors, including a return to mining, might promise a brighter future. When Simon returns to Cornwall at the end of the summer, he finds out how the individuals he met have fared and if his concerns that the tourist flood will bring Covid-19 with it have come true
The lakes with Simon Reeve (Regeneration)
Simon Reeve travels through the glorious Lake District National Park and the county of Cumbria. With its magnificent mountains, glacial valleys and 16 iconic lakes and meres, the Lake District is one of the great natural wonders of our country.
But huge changes are sweeping through this ancient landscape. In this episode, Simon meets some of the Cumbrian characters with different visions for the future of England’s biggest national park, including a campaign group trying to protect the remaining red squirrel populations, a traditional farmer who feels that his ancient way of life is on the point of extinction and an 18-year-old student who, following the recent deaths of both parents, now runs a 1500-acre farm
The power of the planet (Carbon cycle)
Dr Iain Stewart reveals the crucial natural forces that have shaped the earth's development. A flight in a jet plane, a trip to the Andes and a trip to Shark Bay in Australia are expensive but necessary to discuss the atmosphere
The Earth's atmosphere is completely different to any other planet, and according to the normal laws of chemistry, it shouldn't exist. What is extraordinary about our atmosphere is the way that it was created by life. When the planet was first born its atmosphere was made up of noxious volcanic gases there was no sign of the oxygen humans depend on today