BBC World Service

The BBC World Service's Climate Question podcast examines whether the world has lost the battle against rising heat. The episode explores why global temperatures keep breaking records despite decades of climate pledges, and what options remain for protecting people from deadly heatwaves. It is drawing a large audience as heat extremes intensify across many regions.

Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer, is being examined for why its coffee beans may be more resilient than those of other producing countries. A BBC World Service Asia Specific podcast episode explores the farming practices, robusta varieties and growing conditions that could allow Vietnamese coffee to endure pressures such as climate change, pests and shifting global demand that threaten coffee elsewhere.