Tipping Points: The Climate Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 36 min · 14 segments
Season 2 Episode 4... today we answer the questions on everyone's minds: Can my poop power my car? Are biofuels actually used today and where? Is any of this relevant to me as a consumer? Find out…
Chris PocockHost
I actually really shouldn't laugh because I know that there was a lot of health stress that was caused by that, but that's okay.
It would feel weird if we didn't give some kind of nod to the weather at the moment in this podcast.
We love talking about weather, don't we? So before we get to the content of today, we thought we would try to cram as many weather-related headlines and anecdotes and factoids into a one-minute space that we can.
Last week, the UK Met Office issued a red warning for the second time in all history.
Heat record in Germany, unbelievable 41.3 degrees, hottest June day of all time.
The record for the hottest June days ever in the UK was broken three times last week.
On Sunday, the French national health minister said that since last Wednesday, they have recorded 1,000 more deaths than normal.
The Met Office released a mock forecast in 2014 of what the UK could look like in 2059.
They said, thankfully, this isn't a real forecast, but it's one scenario of how a summer heatwave could affect the UK in 40 years' time.
We are 20 times more likely now to exceed temperatures over 40 degrees than we were in the 1960s.
That went a little bit over a minute, but I started my last little fact before the minute deadline went, so I think we're okay.
That's a lot of weather for each of you listeners, and therefore, we'll now get on with the episode.
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I actually really shouldn't laugh because I know that there was a lot of health stress that was caused by that, but that's okay.
It would feel weird if we didn't give some kind of nod to the weather at the moment in this podcast.
We love talking about weather, don't we? So before we get to the content of today, we thought we would try to cram as many weather-related headlines and anecdotes and factoids into a one-minute space that we can.
Last week, the UK Met Office issued a red warning for the second time in all history.
Heat record in Germany, unbelievable 41.3 degrees, hottest June day of all time.
The record for the hottest June days ever in the UK was broken three times last week.
On Sunday, the French national health minister said that since last Wednesday, they have recorded 1,000 more deaths than normal.
The Met Office released a mock forecast in 2014 of what the UK could look like in 2059.
They said, thankfully, this isn't a real forecast, but it's one scenario of how a summer heatwave could affect the UK in 40 years' time.
We are 20 times more likely now to exceed temperatures over 40 degrees than we were in the 1960s.
That went a little bit over a minute, but I started my last little fact before the minute deadline went, so I think we're okay.
That's a lot of weather for each of you listeners, and therefore, we'll now get on with the episode.
