Big Oil is in trouble. Renewable energy is cheaper than ever, while the world’s lockdowns have torn a hole into gasoline demand. Oil companies hope that increasing plastic production will save the sector from decline. But in the age of the Paris Agreement, the plan is likely to backfire.

We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.