Planet SOS

About the show

Every part of the globe is feeling the heat of the climate and ecological emergency. Many of the world’s leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of irreversible and adverse changes to the earth’s climate. Al Jazeera’s environmental show Planet SOS explores the issues around climate, nature and pollution that make up the crisis facing the planet.

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From: Planet SOS
Forests, fire, fuel: Climate battles on Europe’s front line
We travel across Europe from fire-devastated Greece, to the plundered forests of Romania and the coalfields of Poland.
Video Duration 25 minutes 20 seconds
Published On 25 Oct 2021
From: Planet SOS
Vikings, mining, Elvis: The story of Greenland’s melting ice cap
We travel to the remote edge of the ice sheet to discover the effect of the climate crisis on the Arctic environment.
Video Duration 26 minutes 00 seconds
Published On 19 Oct 2021
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Planet SOS: Stalemate at COP25 as Earth continues to warm
Nations fail to resolve differences over how to handle climate change, but scientists and civil society keep fighting.
Video Duration 25 minutes 40 seconds
Published On 16 Dec 2019
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Protecting Earth’s water and life that depends on it
Planet SOS explores the battle for scarce water resources amid climate crisis. Plus, COP25 in Madrid.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds
Published On 8 Dec 2019

More episodes

A Planet SOS special on how the way we use land is both contributing to and affected by the global climate crisis.

Planet SOS - land - why are we destroying out land?

We travel to the island nation of Palau to explore the impact of rising seas and warming waters due to climate change.

Palau - Planet SOS - Where will climate refugees go when the tide rises?

We examine the melting ice sheets and glaciers of the Arctic that have unlocked a controversial mineral wealth.

Iceland glacier

Most extensive study into life on Earth says natural world is in decline. We talk to those trying to save it.

Last two northern white rhinos

Melting ice, rising seas, warming oceans – are we running out of time to stave off the worst effects of climate change?

Arctic Ice melt - LP climate feature

From the jungles of French Guiana to Somalia and New York, we look at the issues behind the crisis facing our planet.

FRANCE CLIMATE PROTESTS