Cyber frontlines in Ukraine

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As conflict continues in Ukraine, there are invisible ‘cyber frontlines’ running in parallel to the physical fighting. We hear how the country’s tech scene is responding to the Russian invasion, as Mike Sapiton, Tech Editor at Forbes Ukraine gives us a view from the ground, and Professor Madeline Carr explains why cyber warfare can be particularly dangerous. A major report published this week speaks to a different kind of crisis: climate change. There are stark warnings for humanity and the planet, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessing the impacts of global heating on people and places, as well as how we can adapt to a drastically changed world. One of its lead authors, Professor Richard Betts, reflects on the report. Russia is one of the world's biggest producers of coal, gas and oil, so what might their invasion of Ukraine, and the ensuing sanctions, mean for global energy supplies? Simon Evans, deputy editor of the climate website Carbon Brief, discusses whether we're more likely to see a push towards renewables and energy efficiency, or further reliance on fossil fuels.

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0:52.6	I'm Guy Evans.
0:54.4	In this week of political and planetary crisis, we'll be looking at the role our fossil
1:00.4	fuel dependency is playing in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and Western nations.
1:06.7	And with the publication of a massive climate report from the IPCC, finding that extreme
1:11.9	events are already happening sooner and with worse impact than scientists expected, we'll
1:18.9	be finding out if there's still time to transform our energy systems and avoid the
1:23.8	most terrible futures.
1:26.3	But first, as Ukraine enters its second week of violent conflict, there is another more
1:33.3	subtle side to the battle raging in parallel on the IT front lines.
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