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Extreme Heat: The New Normal?

What is the science behind recent heatwaves and how will we adapt to living with extreme heat?

In many parts of the world this has been a season of extreme heat. Records have been broken from North America to Europe, from the Middle East to Japan and Korea. We know the climate is changing, and that many of the reasons are man-made. International commitments to limit the average rise in global temperature - to less than two degrees above pre-industrial levels - demand concerted action around the world. Chris Morris and a panel of expert guests discuss the science behind extreme heat. What are the political solutions and the new technologies that may be able to help us? And even if we can mitigate against extreme temperatures, are heatwaves going to become the new normal?

(Photo: Cameroonian Girl sweating and drinking water from a green jerry can. Credit: Getty Images)

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Sat 11 Aug 2018 11:06GMT
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Contributors

Joanna Haigh - Co-Director,听Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London

James Murray - Editor of the website, BusinessGreen

Nick Loris - Economist at the Heritage Foundation, Washington DC

Liu Shuang - Director of the Low Carbon Economic Growth Programme at Energy Foundation China

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Matt McGrath -听麻豆社 Environment Correspondent

Prem Shankar Jha - Author of 'Dawn of the Solar Age: an end to global warming and fear'

Jainey Bavishi听- New York听Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency

Nicky Chambers - CEO of Origen Power

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