Weather

Gusts of wind reaching more than a hundred miles an hour along with heavy rain have caused major damage across parts of southern England and the Channel Islands.

Storm Babet is continuing to cause severe disruption. Hundreds of flood warnings are in place across England with the East Midlands particularly badly affected.

We spoke to the environmental economist Dr Matthew Agarwala from Cambridge University, who’s focussed on climate, sustainability and wellbeing.

Torrential rain has caused widespread flooding in Greece, just days after the deadly wildfires that raged across the country for weeks were brought under control.

We spoke to Erica Fischer, an assistant professor of engineering at Oregon State University and expert in what happens when wildfires reach urban environments as we saw in Lahaina.

The Governor of Hawaii has warned the number of people who have died in the wildfires will rise, making this the deadliest fire in the US for more than a hundred years. 

What we’re seeing in Hawaii is the latest in a string of environmental catastrophes this summer. The alarming frequency of these events has many feeling anxious and despondent about the climate crisis. But one of the UK’s leading climate activists Mikaela Loach says we must re-frame our thinking and see it as an opportunity to…

Almost all Italy’s major cities are under red alert for extreme heat amid the heatwave that’s intensifying across southern Europe.

We spoke to Professor Emily Shuckburgh, a climate scientist and director of Cambridge Zero – Cambridge University’s research unit which aims to offer responses to the climate crisis.

Italy has put 16 cities on red alert because of soaring heat levels, while over 4,000 people have been evacuated from the Spanish island of La Palma as a forest fire burns out of control. 

We spoke to Baroness Brown, Julia King, who leads work on adaptation at the climate change committee.

“Strikingly unprepared” – that’s the stark verdict from the UK’s climate change committee about the country’s current status when it comes to adapting to environmental change.

Blizzard conditions and high winds across large swathes of the country have brought more widespread disruption – with trains cancelled, roads blocked and hundreds of schools closed.