Nature Is Angry! A New Era Of Extreme Weather: UK Met Office Chief Meteorologist & Climate Risk Prof Join The Dots.

ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze

In this ClimateGenn episode, Professor of Climate Risk at University of Newcastle, Hayley Fowler, and Professor Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist at the UK Met Office, explain how the mega storm events we are now seeing so frequently, are generated and why they are going to get more intense and more widespread.

This was recorded just after the incredible central European flooding in the 1st half of September. Since then the media has been filled with images of Hurricane Milton and now we see the area around Valencia in Spain is lying in ruins.

With the UN Climate Summit only days away, we are witnessing a decisive US election where one of the nominees denies we have an existential climate problem in favour of taking money from the fossil fuel industry and enacting policies that amplify the impact.

Will COP29 be another washout like COP22 in Morocco in 2016? Only time will tell. I will be reporting from the COP publishing a range of interviews across key topics.

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The collaboration between senior climate scientist Hayley Fowler and chief meteorologist Paul Davies is increasing our understanding of extremes, so that we can be better prepared in the face of these life threatening storms. A link to their recent research paper on this topic is here.

As both scientists warn, new technology, such as warning systems, can help us save lives but it will not cure the problem. We urgently need global emissions reductions at rates of around 43% by 2030 to avoid the very worst of a wide range of impacts.

It is obviously too late to avert a new era of climate disasters, including large-scale damage to infrastructure, accelerating tipping points and huge loss of life. Our food systems and supply chains are also at risk. Despite the threats we must strive to create the changes at every level of society and within our communities.

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