Prof Jim Skea: living in an era of 'global boiling'
We discuss the recent shattering of global temperature records with the world's top climate science official, Prof Jim Skea of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
July 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest month ever on Earth. A combination of heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere, unseasonable warmth in parts of South America and Antarctica, and global sea surface temperatures around 0.51°C above the 30-year average, meant it broke all previous records.
Climate scientists are now poring over the data, including Prof Jim Skea, the newly-elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He joins presenter Graihagh Jackson to discuss how worried we should be, and the challenges ahead as he takes up the most important role in global climate science.
Producer: Ben Cooper
Researcher: Isobel Gough
Series producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineers: Graham Puddifoot and Neil Churchill
Production Coordinators: Gemma Ashman, Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
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- Sun 13 Aug 202313:32GMTBBC World Service News Internet
- Sun 13 Aug 202321:06GMTBBC World Service & BBC Afghan Radio
- Wed 16 Aug 202301:32GMTBBC World Service
- Wed 16 Aug 202308:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Wed 16 Aug 202309:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Wed 16 Aug 202312:32GMTBBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Wed 16 Aug 202319:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
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