Christian Aid Podcasts

Life on the Edge

We continue the climate change theme this week and speak with Jeremy Leggett about a joint project between Christian Aid and Solar Century.  The second half of the podcast is a Skype call with a Christian Aid partner in Nairobi. “There’s a very intimate connection between global warming and the increase in poverty in the world.  If we’re going to make poverty history, then we have to commit ourselves to reversing global warming.

Download Nairobiclimate.mp3

You might like to check out a Christian Aid report released in November 2006 called Life on the Edge of climate change.  The report reveals that droughts in northern Kenya have increased fourfold in the past 25 years. So many animals have died that pastoralist families no longer have the means to support themselves. Already, half a million herders have been forced to settle around towns and villages – abandoning their centuries old way of life and dependent on aid handouts for survival.

Programme links:

• The Climate of Poverty - Christian Aid
• Jeremy Leggett's blog - Solar Century
• Solar Aid
• IPCC report - The Guardian
• Climate change section - The Guardian

This episode was produced and edited by Steven Buckley.  Jeremy was interviewed by Amanda Farrant, Professor Jesse by Claire Shelley.  The views expressed in this programme are those of the contributors and may not reflect official Christian Aid policy.  For our public position, please visit http://www.christianaid.org.uk/

Half Gone

Solar Century is the UK's leading solar energy company and based on Lower Marsh - directly opposite Christian Aid's London offices.  In the wake of the report last week from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we hear from Jeremy Leggett - the Chief Executive of Solar Century.  In a chilling message, he says that the global oil supply may have already ‘peaked’ and - as supplies dwindle - economic and social chaos could ensue unless we have an orderly transition away from fossil fuels.

Download solarcentury.mp3

Programme links:

• The Climate of Poverty - Christian Aid
• Jeremy Leggett's blog - Solar Century
• Jeremy Leggett's book 'Half Gone' - Amazon.co.uk link
• Solar Aid
• IPCC report - The Guardian
• Solar power, a bright idea - The Guardian
• Climate change section - The Guardian
• About Lower Marsh (the street where Solar Century and Christian Aid are based)

This episode was produced and edited by Steven Buckley.  Jeremy was interviewed by Amanda Farrant. The views expressed in this programme are those of the contributors and may not reflect official Christian Aid policy.  For our public position, please visit www.christianaid.org.uk