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Funeral rites are steeped in culture, tradition and faith, with most of the world opting for cremation or burial. However, with new research now revealing the carbon impact of established funeral choices, more people are questioning their cost to the climate.

With alternatives such as \\u2018water cremation\\u2019 and \\u2018eco-burials\\u2019 becoming available, will people start to consider another way?

Presenter Jordan Dunbar hears about initiatives in India to modify traditional funeral pyres, calculates the climate cost of the most common choices, and hears from Archbishop Desmond Tutu\\u2019s daughter, Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, about her surprise at her father\\u2019s final act on earth.

Producer: Osman Iqbal\\nResearcher: Octavia Woodward\\nSeries Producer: Simon Watts\\nEditor: China Collins\\nSound Engineer: Tom Brignell\\nProduction Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill