a new climate by Sky News

Life changed rapidly in 2020 - largely due to the spread of a virus that shutdown economies around the world.

On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we take a look at the Swedish environmental activist's approach to the climate debate - is it the right one?

In the third and final part of Sky News' Antarctica series, Science correspondent Thomas Moore chats deglaciation, the temptation to mine the seabed for valuable commodities and the threat of plastics.

In part 2 of our special reports from Antarctica, Sky's science correspondent Thomas Moore is in Rothera, British Antarctic Survey's main research base.

What is happening in Antarctica? It's feared that if the ice sheet melts, it could add metres to sea levels putting many low lying towns and cities under water.

As activists continue to block roads in central London with some also glued to Government buildings, we take a look in today's podcast at the impact it's having and whether public support could soon wane.

On today's podcast we explore the impact of deforestation and commercial farming on the Amazon rainforest as a UN report warns land use must alter to limit climate change. We also discuss (16:39) the situation in Kashmir as tensions between Pakistan and India continue to grow.

Our climate change correspondent Hannah Thomas-Peter talks to the Swedish activist - who is criticising UK carbon emissions targets. Also on the podcast, are our elderly being let down by the police? And the Prime Minister's final speech.

In the final instalment of our special climate series, we're finding out how we need to change to save the planet. Helen-Ann Smith takes on the challenge of cutting her carbon footprint. If we're all going to have to change our lifestyles, how easy is it going to be?

Welcome to China - the world's worst polluter. In the latest in our special series about our changing climate, Asia correspondent Tom Cheshire investigates whether Beijing has the appetite to change its ways.

We continue our special series of podcasts with a look at the economics behind climate change. Ed Conway asks how much it will cost to save the planet - and who will pay?

This week we're putting the Sky News Daily podcast in the hands of our correspondents, as they investigate our changing climate. We will visit China, look at the economics and investigate what we can do at home. But our first special podcast comes from science correspondent Thomas Moore.