Up the Ladder
This film takes a look at how the Basel Convention of 1992 has stopped toxic traders dumping their waste on the doorsteps of developing nations.
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Water in your Tank
Cars, and transport in general, account for more than 20% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. Earth Report looks at the low-emission cars of the future and asks why they aren't more widely available today.
Changing Climates: The Future
Assesses the alternatives to fossil-fuel-powered energy sources and their potential to alleviate climate change.
Changing Climates: The Impact
Explores the impact of climate change on the main polluters, the US, and on developing countries.
Changing Climates: The Politics
A review of the politics involved in tackling climate change.
Changing Climates: The Science
Charts the history of the science of climate change from the 1820s until the 1990s.
Fate of the Dammed
One of the largest hydro-electric projects in the world, the Tucurui Dam on Brazil's River Tocantins was built to power the industrial development of the Amazon. Earth Report investigates the effects it has had on the region.
Hope and the Nile
Earth Report travels down the river to uncover the social and environmental problems facing the countries of the Nile basin, and to see what hope there is on the horizon.
Land Rites
This programme in the Earth Report City Specials season, looks at how land titles may or may not create security for the urban poor.
Line in the Sand
This Earth Report travels to Alashan to investigate why the desert is growing by 1000 square kilometres a year, and to see what the Chinese authorities and development agencies are doing to draw a line in the sand.
The Long Walk
Earth Report visits Guinea, Senegal, Tanzania and Malawi to find out how communities are building the roads essential for development.
The Nature of Business
Corporate leaders who have committed to a sustainable approach in all aspects of business activity, give their views on how global business can take care of the environment and profits at the same time.
Out of Asia
Hands On
Hands On travels to India, Sri Lanka and Thailand to see how credit initiatives can boost more than just incomes.
Pocket Wilderness
Filmed over the seasons, this Earth Report assesses the environmental pressures on this small pocket of wilderness on the border of England and Wales.
On the Move
Hands On
As the world populations grow, so does pressure on local transport. This Hands On looks at a variety of solutions to the transport problem.
Food Works
Hands On
Celebrates some of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) most successful projects.
Out of the Forest
Hands On
'Out of the Forest' checks out a range of environmentally sound forest products.
From The Farm
Hands On
'Hands On' is going organic as we look at the farming and marketing of organic products in Malawi, India, Spain and the UK.
Gone Fishing
Hands On
'Hands On' tracks down what people are doing themselves to combat the global decline in fish stocks.
It's a Gas
Hands On
It's a Gas looks at how the latest in solar, wind and bio-gas technologies provide energy answers where there is no national grid. (1999)