If we are to ensure that there’s no more than a 1.5 degrees centigrade increase in global warming, the International Energy Agency recently stated that oil exploration must stop. A few countries have heeded that warning but the vast majority have not. The Climate Question hears from two nations – one already rich from oil, the other poor and yet to benefit from recent oil finds – about why they are continuing to explore. But, even for those who are following the IEA’s advice, will stopping be straightforward or might hurdles still lie in wait?

Contributors:

Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency

Bård Lahn, Research Fellow at the Center for International Climate Research, Norway

Catherine Higham, Climate Change Laws of the World Coordinator, London School of Economics

Presenters: Jordan Dunbar & Gaia Vince

Reporter: Kiana Wilburg

Producers: Darin Graham & Soila Apparicio

Series producer: Rosamund Jones

Editor: Emma Rippon

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