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BBC Inside Science: Loss and damages for vulnerable countries

Loss and damages for vulnerable countries

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Saleemul Huq, an advocate for vulnerable countries affected by climate change, has died.

Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, pushed for a loss and damages fund for vulnerable countries affected by climate change.

Professor Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, has died. He was instrumental in pushing for a loss and damages fund for vulnerable countries affected by climate change. Last year’s COP27 climate conference made a pledge to set up this fund. But, as yet, there is not one in place. Marnie Chesterton speaks to BBC climate reporter Esme Stallard about Professor Huq’s legacy, and where the money will come from for a loss and damages fund. 

We also hear about an unusual snail that’s looking for love, with the help of matchmaking academic Dr Angus Davison. He’s hoping to find a suitor for the mollusc.  
 
Marnie talks to Lev Parikian, author of Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing, which has been shortlisted for this year’s Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.  

Geneticist, Professor Giles Yeo, who recently cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats with two glucose monitors attached to his arms, gives us an update on his research. He wanted to find out how diet and exercise affected his body’s sugar levels.  


Presenter:  Marnie Chesterton			 
Producers: Hannah Robins, Harrison Lewis and Alice Lipscombe-Southwell 
Editor: Richard Collings 
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth 


BBC Inside Science is produced in collaboration with the Open University.

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