Coffee? Chocolate? How climate change affects food - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

Insects play a crucial role in food production and ecosystems, and some also spread disease. What does a warmer world mean for them and us? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Climate Question hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar talk to zoologist Dr Tim Cockerill, Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University. Will insect-born diseases like malaria spread further because of climate change? And will we have to change the way we grow our food? Watch more episodes from The Climate Question here 👉    • The Climate Question   00:00 Introduction 01:05 Discovering a new insect species 04:00 Could we live without insects? 08:25 How climate change affects insects 11:00 A cockroach in the Climate Question studio! 14:22 Insects as “ecosystem engineers” 15:35 Malaria and the future of disease 17:45 Could insects adapt to climate change? 20:10 What can we do protect insects? 21:43 Scarab beetles in the Climate Question studio! ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #insects #climatechange