Loss and damages for vulnerable countries
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Professor Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, has died. He was instrumental in pushing for a loss and damages fund for vulnerable countries affected by climate change. Last year\\u2019s COP27 climate conference made a pledge to set up this fund. But, as yet, there is not one in place. Marnie Chesterton speaks to BBC climate reporter Esme Stallard about Professor Huq\\u2019s legacy, and where the money will come from for a loss and damages fund.
We also hear about an unusual snail that\\u2019s looking for love, with the help of matchmaking academic Dr Angus Davison. He\\u2019s hoping to find a suitor for the mollusc. \\n \\nMarnie talks to Lev Parikian, author of Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing, which has been shortlisted for this year\\u2019s Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize.
Geneticist, Professor Giles Yeo, who recently cycled from Land\\u2019s End to John O\\u2019Groats with two glucose monitors attached to his arms, gives us an update on his research. He wanted to find out how diet and exercise affected his body\\u2019s sugar levels.
Presenter:\\u202f\\u202fMarnie Chesterton\\t\\t\\t \\nProducers: Hannah Robins, Harrison Lewis and Alice Lipscombe-Southwell \\nEditor: Richard Collings \\nProduction Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
BBC Inside Science is produced in collaboration with the Open University.
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