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Eleni Myrivili has the mammoth task of ensuring the survival of Athens. As the city’s newly appointed “chief heat officer,” she is working on ways to prepare the Greek capital for the consequences of climate change. That’s no small feat: The city has 3 million residents — and is almost …

Sky’s Laura Bundock looks at why Pakistan is suffering such devastating flooding – and whether it can withstand the increasingly extreme weather yet to come. #Floods #Weather #ClimateChange #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us …

How many millions of people will be forced to leave their homes by 2050? This documentary looks at the so-called hotspots of climate change in the Sahel zone, Indonesia and the Russian Tundra. Lake Chad in the Sahel zone has already shrunk by 90 percent since the 1960s due to …

The UK has recorded record temperatures above 40C for the first time, heightening concern over the impact of global climate change. Thermometers hit 40.3C at Coningsby in Lincolnshire while dozens of other locations exceeded the UK’s previous highest recorded temperature of 38.7C. Fire services declared major incidents after a spate …

A special thanks to the team at Our World for helping us out with data and research! https://ourworldindata.org/ Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-climate-solve/ This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is working to expand clean-energy …

“Adapting to climate change is no longer an option. It’s an obligation.” That’s the warning from France’s green transition minister as people in Europe experience intense droughts, wildfires and heatwaves. Temperature records have been broken, and dry conditions are fanning the flames of wildfires in France, Spain and Portugal. So …

Long periods of sunny weather; a few heavy rain showers. That’s all fine…or is it? With increasing frequency, summer days are turning into long periods of drought, while rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding. Whereas weather systems were relatively moderate and predictable in recent centuries, now they appear to have been …

The catastrophic effects of climate change are on full display tonight on opposite sides of the globe. In Pakistan, more than 33 million people are affected by devastating floods, while in California, the state already in a deep drought, heads into the worst of its fire season. As Jennifer Johnson …

Climate scientist, Dr Ella Gilbert, says it is “undeniable” that climate change is making extreme weather patterns happen more often as the UK heatwave continues. She said implementing greener energy solutions would be a “win, win, win scenario” helping with energy security, climate change and the cost of living. A …

A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth’s atmosphere, the average surface temperature increases, ice melts, and the seas rise. Subscribe to TDC: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ The New York …