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As Greece faces a prolonged heatwave and battles wildfires across the country, the realities of rising temperatures and climate change have long been evident and are impacting every aspect of life. Steven Tagle joins Thanos Davelis to look at how climate change is impacting local communities in Greece, specifically the mastic producers on the Aegean island of Chios, who have been battered by high temperatures, unseasonable rains, and past wildfires, and break down how are they innovating to better prepare and cope for the impacts of climate change.
Steven Tagle is a fellow from the Institute of Current World Affairs funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. He previously served as speechwriter for the US Embassy in Athens and as a Fulbright Fellow in Greece.
Read Steven Tagles piece here: Mastic producers in Greece innovate as climate change threatens harvest
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Local communities confront the new reality of climate change
Plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashes with two aboard
Three days of mourning for pilots killed fighting fires in Evia
Turkish authorities give permission for service at Sumela Monastery
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As Greece faces a prolonged heatwave and battles wildfires across the country, the realities of rising temperatures and climate change have long been evident and are impacting every aspect of life. Steven Tagle joins Thanos Davelis to look at how climate change is impacting local communities in Greece, specifically the mastic producers on the Aegean island of Chios, who have been battered by high temperatures, unseasonable rains, and past wildfires, and break down how are they innovating to better prepare and cope for the impacts of climate change.
Steven Tagle is a fellow from the Institute of Current World Affairs funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. He previously served as speechwriter for the US Embassy in Athens and as a Fulbright Fellow in Greece.
Read Steven Tagles piece here: Mastic producers in Greece innovate as climate change threatens harvest
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Local communities confront the new reality of climate change
Plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashes with two aboard
Three days of mourning for pilots killed fighting fires in Evia
Turkish authorities give permission for service at Sumela Monastery

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