Fiona Harvey

Really important to stay hydrated, obviously.

And if it gets really hot, there's no shame in having a nap at the hottest time.

I'm glad you've said it.

That's what people do in hot countries.

They have a siesta, a nap at the hot time, and then they come out at night when it's cooler.

The core thing here is that we in this country are not used to thinking of ourselves as living in a hot country.

It always comes as a massive surprise to us.

We need to get used to it and to say, OK, we need to adopt these habits, these traditions that people have evolved over millennia in other countries and that can help us.

Well, this was a massive report and it's been several years in the making.

And it's a warning shot to the government, really.

It's to say, look, none of the plans that have been brought forward for adapting the UK to the impacts of the climate crisis are adequate.

They said very clearly none of the plans are fit for purpose.

What are those plans at the moment?

It's been more about telling people to expect higher temperatures than it's been about telling them, you know, what to do.

And a lot of it has been about flooding because, you know, you forget about this in a heat wave, but one of the big impacts of the climate crisis is that we get wetter weather in shorter bursts.

So a lot of what the UK has done to date has been about flood prevention, flood risk, building sea walls, concrete barriers around rivers.

Also trying to do some natural flood prevention, like trying to re-wet some peatlands, some wetlands.

Some of them have been very effective, but they require a huge amount of investment and not all of that investment has been made.

But there are other areas where we are really behind.

Drought planning, for instance, the opposite side of the coin, has been neglected.