James spent eight years as producer on the BBC's flagship news analysis programme, Newsnight, covering stories all over the world. He is the creator and producer of The Lock In podcast with Jeremy Paxman.
In the tenth episode of House on Fire we look at what it will take for the global shipping industry to decarbonise. Shipping accounts for 2-3% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, which ...
In the ninth episode of House on Fire we ask what role direct air capture has to play in the global effort to decarbonise. With progress on the Paris goals still painfully slow, and the p...
In the eighth episode of House on Fire we ask whether we’ve reached the end of meat. With livestock production accounting for a staggering 15% of total greenhouse-gas-equivalent emissions...
The seventh episode of House on Fire explores the world of money management and the power it has to bring about environmental change. With some $75 trillion of assets under management glo...
The sixth episode of House on Fire looks at the potential of blue finance. Can ocean solutions be economically as well as environmentally profitable? If so, could private finance unlock t...
The fifth episode of House on Fire looks at the problem of ocean roadkill. With thousands of whales dying in collisions with container ships, we talk to the scientists building a high-tec...
The fourth episode of House on Fire examines Indonesia’s ambitious national plan to rid itself of plastic waste within a generation. Can the world’s second-largest plastic polluter accomp...
The third episode of House on Fire explores the One Trillion Trees initiative to grow and conserve a trillion trees on Earth to counter the effects of climate change. Where did this goal ...
The second episode of House on Fire explores the extraordinary lengths scientists have gone to in order to find and preserve genetic diversity for future generations. In the teeth of the ...
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