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How extreme are global weather conditions so far this year?

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Heatwaves set records, and floods and storms become more frequent.

Soaring temperatures are setting records around the world.

Severe floods and storms are becoming more frequent – and unpredictable.

So how do this year’s weather conditions differ from those before? And what is that telling us?

Presenter: Tom McRae

Guests:

Carolina Pereira Marghidan – heat risk consultant at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Eleni Myrivili – global chief heat officer at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and UN Habitat

Linnea Wikstrom – director of construction and health and safety at Building and Woodworkers International

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