Sounds In Our Changing World Presents: Zone Rouge

Climate models predict the number of days above 30 degrees will increase significantly in Montreal in the decades to come. But these heat waves won't affect everyone in the city equally. In this episode, we take a tour through Montreal in the grip of a heat wave, exploring the city's unequally distributed urban heat islands, diving into an overheating human body, and examining a neighbourhood where measures meant to address heat waves are having a nearly opposite effect.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Montreal is a city shaped by water, but with the climate crisis, that relationship could become harder to manage. In this episode, Zone Rouge traces the routes of Montreal's waterways - from the St. Lawrence, to the hidden rivers that once flowed through the city - to examine how flood risks are increasing in an era of climate change.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Montreal has been hailed as a champion of urban biodiversity, but the city faces challenges too, from disappearing habitats to the threat posed by invasive species. This episode of Zone Rouge looks at the species that are living alongside humans in Montreal, the steps the city is taking to protect biodiversity, and how the costs of protecting that biodiversity are unequally distributed.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Movement is essential to life, and as the climate changes, more people - and other species - are on the move than ever. In this episode, Zone Rouge looks at how this movement will collide with Canada's immigration policy, an increasingly sprawling Montreal, and the resistance to finding new modes of transport.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Montreal is a great spot for fine dining and culinary exploration, however climate change has been causing problems for agriculture, leading to food scarcity. In this episode of Zone Rouge, we take a tour through the ways the climate crisis could affect what's on your plate.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Most Montrealers are completely unaware of what happens to their waste once they drop in on the curb. In this episode of Zone Rouge, we examine how the climate crisis is making waste management more difficult.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

The COVID-19 pandemic made us all aware of how fast a virus can spread across the globe. This episode of Zone Rouge uncovers how the climate crisis will lead to a rise in diseases, far more deadly than what we've seen so far.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Montreal is known for its long and beautiful winters, however Winter in the city is looking very different from what it used to be during our parents' time. This episode of Zone Rouge looks at disappearing ice palaces, outdoor skating and eco-grief - how winter is changing, and what those changes mean for mental health.Hosted by Moira Donovan. Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.