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BBC Inside Science: The Kakhovka dam and global food security

The Kakhovka dam and global food security

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A week on from the disaster what are the long-term implications for Ukraine and the globe?

After the initial crisis faced by citizens in Kherson, Gaia investigates the long-term implications the destruction may have on global food security.

On Tuesday, the United Nations reported that the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in Ukraine will impact heavily on global food security, causing a rise in food prices and leaving many without access to clean drinking water. 

Nine days after the disaster Gaia looks to the future alongside Kira Rudyk, Ukrainian MP who is also leader of the opposition party Golos and Laura Wellesley, senior research fellow in the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House.

Earlier this week the three-year inquiry into COVID began, seeking ‘to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and learn lessons for the future.’ Eyes are on the inquiry from many angles. Inside Science looks at what scientists hope to contribute and learn from it, with author and broadcaster Philip Ball.

Also, a spike in North Atlantic sea temperatures has sparked concern among scientists. Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the Met Office, talks through the factors that have coincided to form the anomaly. 

Presenter: Gaia Vince
Producer: Harrison Lewis
Assistant producer: Robbie Wojciechowski
Editor: Richard Collings

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