Heatwaves a stark warning of climate change

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Heatwaves a stark warning of climate change

STORY: Heatwaves a stark warning of climate change DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Europe 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of climate change science, University of East Anglia 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Catalan): NARCIS PRAT, Emeritus Professor in ecology, University of Barcelona STORYLINE: Heatwaves have brought record high temperatures to several continents, making much of the Northern Hemisphere sweltering in extreme heat and fueling wildfire in Europe and the United States. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of climate change science, University of East Anglia "High temperatures are very dangerous in two ways. Anything above 34 degrees Celsius is dangerous for what we call workability. So, it's exhaustion. If you have to be outside and do any kinds of work, including just walking, if the

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