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
Global systems that we have in the oceans. It is important to say that these are sea Surface Temperatures. It is also about the time of year. So normally the oceans are at their hottest in march, but we are obviously now in august. And so scientists are worried about all of that time left until next march. There is also el nino which is less naturally occurring Climate Fluctuation which we have talked about it before. It happens every few years but it does drive up Ocean Temperatures. But we are only at the beginning of that now, it is quite weak and so as not to get stronger in the coming months, Scientists Say they fear these average temperatures will just carry they fear these average temperatures willjust carry on going up. What do scientists think is the cause . Scientists know that in the long term, Climate Change is driving up average temperatures in the oceans. They also think that a lot of the heat, or they know that a lot of the heat, or they know that a lot of the heat that
Thanks britley ritz for that. Sorry, our lights are a little bright right there. Its almost like being outside, very bright. Im fredricka whitfield, good to see you. We begin this hour with the overseas kidnapping of an american nurse and her child. Alex was reportedly abducted thursday morning while serving in their Community Ministry in haiti. The two were taken from the organizations campus near portauprince. She is married to the director of the christian humanitarian aid group. Pa Paula Hancock is following the story for us. Reporter the charity did confirm the abduction and the details are quite disturbing. Remember, this was a nurse from New Hampshire, working for the charity. She was abducted along with her child and this was actually on what they call is the campus of this charity close to p portauprince. They said shes a deeply passionate person who considers haiti as her home and her passion. She works tirelessly to bring relief as she loves to serve the people of haiti in t
20s but we saw 30 degrees in chertsey. i think we saw 30 as well in central london. that is going to lead to a pretty humid night to come. in fact, lead to a pretty humid night to come. infact, lows lead to a pretty humid night to come. in fact, lows for some into the high teens, perhaps 20 degrees in london first thing tomorrow morning. there will be a beautiful sunrise, some early morning sunshine but it won t last because a weather front will move in from the south west and this could quite literally raining on our parade for tomorrow. some heavy, thundery downpours are expected. it is not a guarantee and very hit and miss some of these showers but if you catch them, they could be quite intense. look at the bright greens and yellows, that is the intensity of the rainfall. a of rain, large hail and thunder as they quickly sweep north and east. into the afternoon, a bit fresher to the west, still the risk of some showers, still some heat potentially into east anglia with 29
We want to end tonight by remembering people those who were lost aboard from the titanic. 60 or gold, Founded Oceangate in 2009 with the state admission of increasing access to the deep ocean through innovation. 58 year old pilot, king charting, who Made Headlines in 2019 for being part of a cliff that broke the world record for circumnavigating the globe over both polls. 48 year old, pakistani billionaire and his 19yearold son we should know it was a University Student in glasgow, and at seven legendary, french dire. He had made dozens of to the side of titanic. Tonight, were thinking of all of those who knew them and their families. Up next is the cnn exclusive, obama and Amanpour Will Democracy when. Starts right now. Tonight, former president obama oneonone with Christiane Amanpour. Mister president , welcome. An indepth conversation on the state of American Democracy. From the birthplace of democracy, athens, greece. Our existing Democratic Institutions are freaky and were going t