Dr Cara Augustenborg speaks to experts about the impact the latest mass extinction event is having on our planet and future.

As we come to terms with being in the midst of a global mass extinction event, Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert, and Fintan Kelly of the Irish Environmental Network.

And Ivan Yates talks about how ‘green’ his life really is.  

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