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Thats how to arrive in a studio! hey! welcome to click! hello, hello, hello! oh, look at us! weve got a shiny studio! we have an audience! hello, audience! cheering and applause and right next door, through that wall and across the river a bit, we have some very important neighbours. yes, were here at bbc scotland in pacific quay glasgow and just over there, the united nations climate conference, cop26, is hosting leaders from around the world, along with 25,000 delegates from 196 nations. the q...

Of snow sports here in scotland. with a variable climate on some of the lower slopes where we operate, it provides a good run down to the base station. thank you so much, mikey, for showing us your operations here. now, have you ever wondered how easy it is to measure the depth of snow? its not quite as simple as you might think. ill take a look at that later in the programme. now to the part of the world where weather extremes reached a new level in 2021 — british columbia in western canada. ...

To the politicians at cop26. there was a new award for those trying to save the planet called the earthshot prize. its name is a reference to americas moonshot. an ambitious programme to get an astronaut on the lunar surface. but more than 50 years on, prince william told the bbc, saving the earth was an even bigger challenge. we need some of the words greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live. but many scientists are the ch...

It was a hectic schedule and seemingly took its toll. the morning after this reception, a trip to northern ireland was cancelled at the last minute. the queen spent one night in hospital and was told to rest on doctors orders. concerns intensified when a back sprain prevented herfrom attending one of the most significant events in her calendar, the national service of remembrance. your majesty. good morning. on the 17th of november, she was well enough to conduct an audience with the outgoing ch...

Which you find in the andes and east africa as well — also in irianjaya in papua new guinea. as well as the melting glaciers, weather patterns in the area are changing. in 2020, some of the heaviest rain on record caused destructive flooding, but there are longer spells when the rains people rely on to grow crops dont come at all. now that the weather has been changing, we no longer receive rainfall, the crops are dying in the gardens. last season i planted two full acres of beans, but i did n...

Scientists know that all life on earth including our own depends on plants and fungi, yet one fifth of the worlds plant species are at risk of extinction because of multiple threats including climate change. but the archbishop warns against doom and gloom over the future of our planet. doom and gloom over the future of our planet-— doom and gloom over the future of our lanet. ~ .., , ., . ., our planet. when it comes to climate chance, it our planet. when it comes to climate change. it is — ...

Pub quiz experts at UK-based company SpeedQuizzing have put together a 25-question quiz designed to put your memory of this years big news stories to the test.

These stories range from government inaction and extreme weather events to citizen action for the environment and other heartening developments.

The past 12 months wasn't just about COVID-19. From the insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington to the refugee drama on the Poland-Belarus border to the end of the Merkel era, DW looks back at an eventful year.

Britain has been at the forefront of the Build Back Better movement, with the pandemic being used to usher in a radical climate change agenda