What Planet Are We On? ...with Liz Bonnin Podcast
Offering solutions and practical tips as well as hearing from experts, campaigners and well-known names. Liz Bonnin and the team explore the impacts of climate change.
Offering solutions and practical tips on how we can tackle climate change, as well as hearing from experts, campaigners and well-known names, like David Attenborough and Idris Elba. ‘What Planet Are We On?’ shines a light on some of the most challenging environmental issues of our time and takes a closer look at how we choose to live on this planet.
Hosted by science, natural history and environmental broadcaster Liz Bonnin alongside the 91Èȱ¬â€™s environment correspondent Matt McGrath and science correspondent Victoria Gill, we’ll be exploring some of the impacts we’re having on the world and what we can do about it.
Episodes to download
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COP26: Your climate questions answered!
Tue 19 Oct 2021
Ahead of the critical climate summit, we put your questions to the experts.
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What do YOU want to ask the experts?
Tue 14 Sep 2021
Liz Bonnin and the ‘What Planet Are We On?’ team ask for your climate questions.
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Bonus content: Brian Eno and James Thornton - ‘Changing The System’
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Brian Eno and lawyer James Thornton discuss how the law can tackle climate change.
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Bonus content: Our 10 favourite climate solutions
Mon 4 Jan 2021
Matt McGrath and Vic Gill choose their 10 favourite climate solutions from the series.
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Ep 10. Christiana Figueres – Stubborn optimism and leadership
Thu 10 Dec 2020
The former UN climate chief and her political strategist discuss leadership and optimism.
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Stubborn optimism and leadership, Part 2
Thu 10 Dec 2020
In part 2, we hear from some of the world’s leading young activists.
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Ep 9. Foals’ Edwin Congreave – ‘A Message People Don’t Want To Hear’
Thu 3 Dec 2020
Edwin Congreave from Foals talks about the impact of live music touring on the climate.
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Ep 8. Reimagining ‘Business As Usual’
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Entrepreneurs Norman Crowley and Sian Sutherland discuss business and climate change.
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Ep 7. 'A New Economy Waiting to Be Born’
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Can our economy be prosperous and green? Kate Raworth and Rebecca Henderson discuss.
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Ep 6. Lily Cole and Bella Lack - Hope And The Imperfect Environmentalist
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Model Lily Cole and conservationist Bella Lack on staying optimistic.
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Planting Trees, Part 2
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Monica Bohm from the Zoological Society of London explains how trees support eco-systems.
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Ep 5. YouTuber Mark Rober – Planting Trees 'With Tooth Fairy Money'
Thu 5 Nov 2020
YouTuber Mark Rober explains how he galvanised people into planting 20 million trees.
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Mindful Consumption, Part 2
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Selfridges Chair, Alannah Weston explains how shopping could become more sustainable.
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Ep 4. The Repair Shop's Jay Blades - Mindful Consumption
Thu 29 Oct 2020
The Repair Shop’s Jay Blades and experts discuss the climate impact of the stuff we buy.
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Ep 3. 'Underestimating the Facts'
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Environmental experts Katharine Hayhoe and Lorraine Whitmarsh discuss climate denial.
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A New Respect For Food, Part 2
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Food, farming and land with Indra Thillainathan from the UK Committee on Climate Change.
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Ep 2. Sabrina and Idris Elba – A New Respect For Food
Wed 14 Oct 2020
Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba discuss food, farming and climate change.
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‘We Have To Believe It’s Possible’, Part 2
Thu 8 Oct 2020
Project Drawdown's Crystal Chissell shares 10 tips for tackling climate change.
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Ep 1. David Attenborough - ‘We Have To Believe It’s Possible’
Wed 7 Oct 2020
Sir David on the future, capitalism and tackling climate change since the pandemic.
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Coming soon...
Mon 5 Oct 2020
A new podcast about climate change and how we choose to live on this planet.