What impact Climate Change is having on his industry, and the head of the worlds most influential airline body tells us how his members are tackling the challenges as they continue to recover from billions in covid losses. Also on the show, the man in charge of travel at one of the worlds biggest insurers. He tells us Climate Change is causing more of us to think about where we go and why its a top priority for his industry. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, wildfires and extreme heat, they are posing major challenges across the globe, from spain and portugal to croatia and greece and from seattle to florida. They are a sign of how our climate is changing. And the economic consequences are potentially huge, not least for the travel and Tourism Industry, which of course plays a vital role in our Global Economy. Many destinations are facing major disruption just as the Northern Hemisphere s peak Summer Season
Or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august thats far above the average for this time of year and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Iv e ive been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve shown a slow but steady increase, up about one third of the degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19. Wow its about four Degrees Higher than it should be. One of the most dramatic heatwaves ever recorded in uk seas hasjust subsided, part of a global trend of warming waters. 20. 96 c, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Waters are a dangerous trend, say experts say experts. Peoples perspective say experts. Peoples perspective is say experts. Peoples perspective is the say experts. Peoples persp
A defiant former president , donald, trump off the Campaign Trail in pennsylvania. Just a few hours, last night in iowa, at this, as he tells one interview, or even prison would not stop his campaign. If if Going Forward right you get these indictments there ends up, youve got a jury in d. C. , you get convicted and sentenced. Does that stop your campaign for president . If you are sentenced . Not at all. There is nothing in the constitution to say that it could and not at all. The former president s remarks coming as he faces mounting legal troubles from special counsel, jack smith, new charges in the classified documents case and a looming Potential Indictment for Election Interference. We will have all the latest developments in just a moment. Also this, our controversial new comments from Supreme Court justice, samuel alito, who says theres Nothing Congress can do to regulate ethics on the high court in the wake of highprofile scandals involving most prominently, himself. New infor
Change. Clearly it is a popular policy by the public and heading up to the next election it would be a strange decision for the government to row back on anything with public support. Can the government have it both ways, say yes to granting licences for oil and gasp projects but at the same time it commitments to net zero . New licences for the north sea is not a change in Government Policy, we were expecting to see more. The oil and industrys estimates show production will continue to decline in the north sea no matter what the Government Policy is it simply because there is not as much gas and oil as 50 years ago when we started extracting. What is left in the north sea is mostly oil. This is mostly exported, so there is little benefit to our bills from more extraction and in a cost of living crisis bills are a strong priority for the public. It is a strange decision to approve more when it wont help with our bills because they cant move the dial on internationally set prices and it