Are the poor paying the price as the wealthy destroy the planet?
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The United Nations has warned that global warming is the biggest threat to our existence on this planet - and the warnings aren't about the next thousand years - the impact is already being felt now and will undoubtedly be much more severe for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The annual climate change negotiations take place next week in Dubai - COP28 as they're known. Will they make a difference or does a gathering of politicians simply amount to more hot air? Presenter Claire Graham in conversation with the economist Vicky Pryce, Professor John Barry and the CEO of Christian Aid Ireland Rosamond Bennett.
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