Climate deaths, Austerity, Pet food
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; why we鈥檝e had 鈥榓usterity鈥 despite high borrowing; plus do pets consume up to 20 per cent of all meat globally?
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change
Does 鈥榯he science鈥 predict 6 billion deaths by the end of this century due to climate change? That鈥檚 what Roger Hallam, co-founder of environmental campaigners Extinction Rebellion said on an edition of the 成人快手鈥檚 HARDtalk programme last month. We take a look at the origins of that number and we talk to Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, whose estimates on the number of deaths are鈥..well鈥︹..lower.
How 鈥榖ack of the envelope鈥 calculations can help you
Do you struggle to multiply big numbers together? Do you get fazed by questions involving sizes and quantities? Rob Eastaway gives some tips on how to manage big or complicated numbers when you are stuck without the need of the internet or a calculator to help you.
Why we鈥檝e had 鈥榓usterity鈥 despite high government borrowing
A loyal listener emailed to ask, 鈥淗ow has it been that we鈥檝e suffered years of 鈥榓usterity鈥 when the actual amounts of borrowing were greater, not smaller, than in the previous years?鈥 Tim Harford talks to Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government about the national debt, the deficit and fiscal headroom.
Do pets consume up to 20 percent of all meat globally?
More or Less listeners were surprised by a claim they read on the 成人快手 website recently: 鈥淧ets are estimated to be consuming up to 20 percent of all meat globally.鈥 So we 鈥 of course 鈥 investigated and will explain all.
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