Tackling Climate Change with Young Climate Warriors

We urgently need to take bolder steps to address our climate crisis.

Over 5,000 community events as part of ‘Great Big Green Week’; businesses stepping up and making ‘net zero’ commitments; and representatives from 190 countries coming to Egypt in November to attend the UN Climate Conference (COP27).

Our climate is changing … are you?

Are you wondering what all the fuss is about? Are you intrigued by why this is happening, what’s causing the problems? Are you concerned about its impacts – at home, across the globe – to both our human and natural world? Are you keen to engage with the solutions – What can I do? What can WE do? Take action today …

‘Little by little, a little becomes a lot’ (Tanzanian proverb).

Causes of climate change

Greenhouse gases | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 3'23''

Professor Chris Jackson investigates the key greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide | A Perfect Planet

BBC One | 2021 | 2'11''

Humans now release 100 times more carbon every year than all the Earth's volcanoes combined.

Carbon dioxide and climate change | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 2'50''

Dr Tara Shine demonstrates how increased burning of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution pro...

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 4'21''

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

Carbon footprint of a loaf of bread | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 6'12''

Dr Tara Shine discusses the carbon emissions from the process of baking a loaf of bread.

Impacts of climate change

Energy and climate change | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 4'45''

Dr Helen Czerski demonstrates how climate change is impacting the ocean.

What causes flooding? | Bang Goes the Theory

BBC One | 2014 | 3'43''

A demonstration of how rainfall and changing landscapes are causing more severe flooding.

Polar bears' habitat under threat from glacial melt | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 2'04''

David Attenborough discusses the effects on polar bears of melting Arctic ice caused by global warming.

Climate injustice | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 2'40''

Dr Tara Shine demonstrates how climate change does not always impact the areas of the world that produce the most ca...

Climate change preparation | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 4'55''

Dr Tara Shine demonstrates the importance of putting measures in place to prepare and defend people from th...

Solutions to climate change

Renewable Energy | Around Scotland

BBC Two | 2008 | 3'22''

A house powered by three different forms of renewable energy.

Storing renewable energy | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 5'30''

Dr Tara Shine and Dr Enass Abo-Hamed explain how we can store renewable energy.

Wave power | Around Scotland

BBC Two | 2008 | 2'13''

An exploration of renewable energy source, wave power, on the island of Isla.

Inside a nuclear reactor | Bang Goes the Theory

BBC One | 2011 | 4'27''

Jem climbs inside a nuclear reactor and explains how nuclear power is produced.

Peat and carbon | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2020 | 4'46''

Dr Tara Shine and Dr Andy Baird discuss the abilities of peat to store carbon.