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Extreme weather is forcing communities to leave their homes and it's becoming a bigger and bigger issue. What can we do about it?
Guests are:
Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the UK Met Office and a professor at the University of Exeter;
Lucy Easthope, professor in practice of risk and hazard at the University of Durham and a leading adviser on emergency planning and disaster recovery;
Professor Guillermo Rein, an expert in fire science at Imperial College London; and
Michael Szoenyi, head of flood resilience at Zurich Insurance. He explains why climate change has become such an important factor for business and individuals planning for the future – and why it’s essential we don’t leave big decisions about where we should live to the last minute.
By BBC Radio 44.4
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Extreme weather is forcing communities to leave their homes and it's becoming a bigger and bigger issue. What can we do about it?
Guests are:
Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the UK Met Office and a professor at the University of Exeter;
Lucy Easthope, professor in practice of risk and hazard at the University of Durham and a leading adviser on emergency planning and disaster recovery;
Professor Guillermo Rein, an expert in fire science at Imperial College London; and
Michael Szoenyi, head of flood resilience at Zurich Insurance. He explains why climate change has become such an important factor for business and individuals planning for the future – and why it’s essential we don’t leave big decisions about where we should live to the last minute.

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