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The Climate Question: Prof Jim Skea: living in an era of 'global boiling'

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13/08/2023 GMT

Prof Jim Skea: living in an era of 'global boiling'

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Prof Jim Skea: living in an era of 'global boiling'

As global temperature records are shattered, have we underestimated climate change?

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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