2020: A year of extremes
From bush fires to hurricanes, 2020 has been a year of extreme weather events. How is climate change impacting the world's weather systems?
Not only has this year been one of the hottest on record, but there has also been a catalogue of record breaking extreme weather events. From the unprecedented bush fires in Australia to the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, we pick apart how climate change is impacting weather systems and the lives of millions of people around the world.
Justin Rowlatt, the ±«Óãtv’s Chief Environment Correspondent, and Navin Singh Khadkha, the multi-lingual environment correspondent for the ±«Óãtv’s World Service, are joined by Dr Friederike Otto, associate director of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, and an associate professor in the Global Climate Science Programme; Prof Adam Scaife, the head of long range forecasting at the UK's Met Office; and Laura Meller, a Greenpeace spokeswoman on board their ship the Arctic Sunrise.
Producer: Zak Brophy
Researcher: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Ravin Sampat
Sound Design: David Crackles
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- Mon 28 Dec 2020 02:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service
- Mon 28 Dec 2020 09:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service
- Mon 28 Dec 2020 13:32GMT±«Óãtv World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 28 Dec 2020 20:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
- Mon 28 Dec 2020 21:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
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