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1168 - Will there be a billion climate refugees?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

1168 - Will there be a billion climate refugees?

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4

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1168 - Will there be a billion climate refugees?

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Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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Sat, 26 Aug 2023
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Sat, 19 Aug 2023
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Sat, 12 Aug 2023
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Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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Wed, 28 Jun 2023
872 - US National Debt: is $32 trillion a big number?

Sat, 24 Jun 2023
871 - Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?

Wed, 21 Jun 2023
870 - Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?

Sat, 17 Jun 2023
869 - Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?

Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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867 - Lib Dem ambulance claims, affordable rent and goat meat

Wed, 07 Jun 2023
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Sat, 03 Jun 2023
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Wed, 31 May 2023
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Sun, 28 May 2023
863 - NHS waiting lists, Voter ID and measuring divorce

Wed, 24 May 2023
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Sat, 20 May 2023
861 - Do 94% of marriages in Portugal really end in divorce?

Sat, 13 May 2023
860 - Why is life expectancy falling in the USA?

Sat, 06 May 2023
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Sat, 29 Apr 2023
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Sat, 15 Apr 2023
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Sat, 01 Apr 2023
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