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Reality Check is Radio FM4's current affairs programme with interviews and analysis of stories from around the world. We go behind the headlines with in-depth coverage examining how stories develop and why they are relevant. From Tokyo to Washington, Cape Town to London, issues such as human rights, new discoveries, revolutions, every imaginable topic can appear on Reality Check. Hosted by Steve Crilley, Chris Cummins, Riem Higazi, and Hal Rock.
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2023-11-29 |
FM4 Klimanews Preview of COP28 - the climate conference in an oil state COP28 is as controversial as it is crucial. A key meeting to ween the world off fossil-fuels taking place in a fossil fuel state. We hear of oil deal scandal engulfing the presidency, but also why the COP process remains vital, we hear about a "global ... |
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2023-10-18 | The Brazilian Cerrado savannah is vital to the planet. It's stores as much carbon as a rainforest, it hosts 5% of the world's biodiversity and it is the source of most of Brazil's water, making it a lifeline for the Amazon. But it is being destroyed at... | |
2023-06-29 | Two years in Glasgow, world leaders pledged to end global deforestation by 2030. But the latest figures show that actually deforestation rates are not decreasing but are increasing! The new Global Forest Watch An area of tropical forest the size of S... | |
2023-06-15 |
In Depth: Nature Restoration: the solution for climate & biodiversity? A European plan to restore degraded ecosystems is under threat from right-wing lawmakers. Conservationists say it’s our last chance to avoid a catastrophic ecosystem collapse. Sendungshinweis: OK Fm4 13.06.23 um 17.20 |
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2023-05-23 |
In Depth: Marc Buckley on how healthy food production means a healthy planet At least a third of global greenhouse emissions are linked to food production. At the same time we have depleted our soil so badly the UN is warning farming may be impossible in the future. Something has to radically change. Ecological economist Marc ... |
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2023-05-16 |
In Depth: youth researcher & podcaster Chloe Combi on misunderstood youth Chloe Combi is author, Podcaster, Film-Director and researcher who has interviewed over 10,000 members of Gen Z + Gen A. She says listening to young people is a window to the future, but you have to do it with respect and an open mind. Sendungshinwe... |
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2023-05-10 |
In Depth: Nobel Prize winning human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk has campaigned for the release of illegally detained people has documented war crimes comitted in Ukraine, mostly by Russia troops. She tells Chris Cummins how an “accountability gap” means Russian force... |
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2023-05-09 |
In Depth: Nobel Prize winning human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk has campaigned for the release of illegally detained people has documented war crimes comitted in Ukraine, mostly by Russia troops. She tells Chris Cummins how an “accountability gap” means Russian force... |
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2023-04-28 | They say to solve the climate crisis we will have to think “out of the box”. Well what about thinking beyond the planet? China, Japan, the US and Europe are racing to be the first to put giant solar farms in space and then to beam the renewable energy ... | |
2023-04-21 |
"Israel's democracy is in real danger" says historian Tom Segev Thousands of people are out on the streets of Israel every week, protesting judicial reforms that veteran journalist and historian Tom Segev describes as a “right-wing putsch”. He tells fm4's Chris Cummins that Israeli democracy is in “unprecedented da... |