Extreme heat is gripping countries around the world. Host Ailsa Chang talks with NPR reporters in China, the U.K. and the U.S. about what they’re seeing and how governments are responding.
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Extreme heat is gripping countries all around the world right now. In the U.K…
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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: We’ve had the U.K. Met Office issuing its first-ever red warning for extreme heat.
CHANG: …China…
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MOLLY GAMBHIR: Many regions are bracing for another heat wave, and this one will last through late August.
CHANG: …And the U.S…
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SAM BROCK: Two out of every three Americans experiencing heat above 90 degrees.
CHANG: …Temperatures in many places have lingered around 100 degrees or higher for days, even weeks, on end. This is life with climate change, and it will only get worse if greenhouse gas emissions don’t decrease dramatically. To talk more about this, I’m joined now by three NPR reporters on the ground around the world – John Ruwitch in Shanghai, Willem Marx in London and Rebecca Hersher from NPR’s cli …