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What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?

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  • Urbanism
  • Episode 743
  • 08 Jan 2026
  • 30 min

What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?

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  • Urbanism
  • Episode 743
  • 30 min

We meet Dr Gary Yohe, a Nobel Peace prize recipient for his work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then: we discover the stories behind Britain’s cooling towers, a brutalist structure that once dominated our skylines.

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