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IPCC report - extreme weather events

Weather extremes such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall events are becoming more intense and more frequent, and our carbon emissions are the cause.

Victoria Gill talks to climate scientist Friedericke Otto about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new landmark report. The report this week states that the evidence for humanity's role in changing global change is now unequivocal. Dr Otto was a lead author on the chapter on extreme weather events and explains how human influence can be attributed to the increasing incidence and intensity of heat waves and heavy rainfall events.

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Thu 12 Aug 2021 21:00

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