Synopsis
Looking at ideas like creating diamonds from the air and protecting the great whales, the programme examines the causes of our changing climate and reveals the positive changes already taking place across the globe.
- Programme: The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
- Series: 1
- Episode: 2: Fix Our Climate
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Climate Change
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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