27th September, 2021

The BBC reports on how climate change is making inequality worse

The BBC have produced a 4-minute film on climate change and inequality which provides excellent stimulus for a lesson or discussion with secondary students. Click here to view.

Film summary

Children born in high-income countries will experience twice as many extreme climate events as their grandparents, new research suggests. But for children in low-income countries, it will be worse. They will see three times as many, say researchers at the University of Brussels. The BBC’s population reporter Stephanie Hegarty has been looking at how climate change is already making poverty worse.

Produced and edited by: Myles Burke

Executive Producer: Claire William

Above photo credits to Sean Hawkey