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- 1BBC podcast asks if the world has lost the fight against heat●Has the world lost the fight against heat? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
BBC World Service's The Climate Question podcast is exploring whether global efforts to combat extreme heat have failed. The episode examines rising temperatures worldwide and questions whether current climate policies and adaptation measures are keeping pace with increasingly dangerous heatwaves. Listeners are engaging heavily with the question, which lands amid another period of record-breaking heat.
- 2Ireland urged to replace beef farming with forestry▼# Ireland Replacing beef farming with forestry would boost incomes and help meet climate goals Afforestation is the most
A new argument in Ireland's climate debate holds that converting beef farmland to forestry would raise farmers' incomes and cut emissions. Afforestation is described as the most significant climate mitigation option available to Ireland's land-use sector. The proposal touches a sensitive point in rural Ireland, where beef farming is already financially struggling and land-use change is contentious.