Lucy Hough

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3,855 appearances 82 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

Lucy Hough’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 82 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 19.

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Today in Focus · ‘Apocalyptic’ El Niño to unleash extreme weather - The Latest · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

And just lastly, Damien, I mean, it feels, I mean, it's been clear for some time that we have long surpassed the targets that were set in the Paris 2015 Climate Accords of global heating limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius. voice-verified

So we've been heading in this terrible direction for a long time. voice-verified

But we've got political parties and, you know, media organisations that are calling for an end to net zero targets for, you know, slowing down of the clean energy transition. voice-verified

Our colleague Damon Carrington wrote a great piece today about how the right wing press in the UK is responding to this by saying, you know, like in some places saying it's a good opportunity to drink rosé in your garden or that, voice-verified

air conditioning in schools, school closures is some kind of like return to lockdowns. voice-verified

I'm just wondering like how on earth is that justifiable when we are so clearly seeing the impact of climate change now? voice-verified

It certainly is, Damien. voice-verified

Thank you so much. voice-verified

That's it for today. voice-verified

My huge thanks again to Damien Gale, The Guardian's environment correspondent. voice-verified

You can keep up with all his reporting and our environment team over at theguardian.com. voice-verified

And before we go, I really recommend listening to the new series of Black Box. voice-verified

Season one was incredible and season two is just as good. voice-verified

Familiar voice to Today in Focus listeners, Michael Safi, will be returning to investigate how AI chatbots are influencing our minds and reshaping our reality. voice-verified

All six episodes are available now. voice-verified

Thanks for listening to this episode of The Latest. voice-verified

Today in Focus will be back in your feeds as usual tomorrow morning. voice-verified

The Latest will be back tomorrow night. voice-verified

This episode was produced by Angus Neil. voice-verified

The senior producer was Ryan Ramgobin. voice-verified

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