Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, our cities, theyre home to governments, cathedrals, universities, hospitals, hundreds of millions of homes and billions of people. They dominate the Global Economy, but they also generate the vast majority, 70 , of the worlds carbon emissions. The world, it has become more populous than at any point in history. And since 1980, the proportion of People Living in urban areas, it has soared. In that year, it was just over 39 . By 2007, for the first time, more than half of the global population were living in an urban setting. And here in 2024, that number is now nearly 60 . Its projected to be 68 by the middle of this century. And if that trend continues, more than 80 , or four in five of us, will be living in towns or cities by 2080. That means therell be six times as many big cities with a population of more than a million people. But some regions
Multiply each other. Yep, the future of our cities theyre the engines of the world economy, driving 80 of Global Economic activity. And despite taking up just 2 of the planets landmass, cities are the home to well over half of the worlds population. And that share is growing rapidly, set to be nearly 70 by 2050. Im going to be discussing all of that with these two. There they are. Ones a Top Urban Expert whos worked with 400 cities on everything from Transport To Demographic Change and climate planning. And the leader of one of the worlds most liveable cities, known as australias garden city. Were going to find out from the mayor of melbourne why its so appealing. And how do you balance the needs of five Million People living side by side . Also on the show, were going to take a look at what it takes to create our spaces. Im going to bejoined by the big boss of autodesk. Its the worlds top Software Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a
A hole in the ozone layer over antarctica, thats fuelled by smoke from Wildfire Events in australia, is exposing wildlife to protentially damaging levels of uv light. Scientists from the University Of Wollongong say animals and plants are having to put more energy into avoiding the rays. Heres our science correspondent victoria gill. The ozone layer that protects us from the suns most harmful rays is healing gradually. But in antarctica, in cold high atmospheric clouds, a hole in that layer still appears every year. That Ozone Thinning or loss used to peak in september or october, when animals and plants are tucked under winter snow and marine animals are protected by sea ice. But its now lingering until december, well into the antarctic summer, when wildlife is much more vulnerable. Researchers say thats been driven in part by smoke from the australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020, which were fuelled by climate change. The researchers found evidence that antarctic plants might have to p
Are at risk from the rays. Welcome to bbc news. President zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide ukraine with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to Energy Infrastructure. He called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by, what he called, russian terrorists. Four power plants were hit in three regions, and Gas Infrastructure was also struck. An oil refinery in occupied slavyansk was damaged. Reports indicate a second oil refinery was also hit, and video has emerged of destruction at an airbase. A little earlier i spoke to victoria vdovychenko programme directorfor Security Studies at the centre for defence strategies, a Ukrainian Security think tank. The most important is the time space and that is very important also, our allies understand that the shortage of the weapons on the ground, in the field, on the ukrainian battlefield in particular, therefore, it was so timely,
Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi