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Can we reduce lives lost from extreme weather?

Extreme weather currently claims countless lives around the world every year and climate change is making this worse. But in the future can we prevent all loss of life?

Extreme weather is becoming even more extreme thanks to climate change. Countless lives are claimed by heatwaves, cold snaps, cyclones, droughts and torrential rains every year around the world. Climate change threatens to make things worse. But the United Nations is spearheading new action to make sure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within the next five years. It鈥檚 hoped that this could dramatically reduce the numbers of deaths caused by extreme weather.

Presenters Neal Razzell and Graihagh Jackson were joined by:
Laura Paterson, from the World Meteorological Organization
Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College, London, UK and University of Agder, in Kristiansand, Norway.
Hasin Jahan, the Director of WaterAid in Banglasdesh
Reporter: 成人快手鈥檚 Nicolas N茅goce in Senegal

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production Team
Producer: Claire Bowes
Production coordinators: Helena Warick-Cross and Siobhan Reed
Series producers: Jordan Dunbar & Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Fenton Smith
Sound Engineer: James Beard

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28 minutes

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Sat 7 Jan 2023 11:32GMT

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