Nosheen Iqbal

According to a new report from the Climate Change Committee, the CCC, as you say, we can expect this in the UK and in Europe to become our new normal.

Fiona, can you tell me about the report's other key findings?

Fiona, can we focus on the heat aspect for a moment?

Because your write-up of this report was so stark.

I was actually reading it out loud to my partner in which you wrote, you know, nine out of 10 homes in the UK will overheat.

We need to be installing air con basically everywhere now.

a lot to process for a country that's always had a pretty mild climate now according to that ccc report it sounds like the uk as you say is way behind in terms of adapting to a hotter world why is that

If we look at the impact of heatwaves, it seems like other countries did take lessons from earlier examples.

We're thinking of the 2003 heatwave in Europe that killed 70,000 people.

Other countries in Europe took action, but the UK didn't really.

Can you give me other examples of adaptation that could be made or examples where this work is being done and being done well?

They seem like quite simple, easier fixes.

Why is a take-up not really there?

Fiona, let's talk about buildings in the UK, because they do play a big part in why it feels like we're melting.

What's wrong with the way they've been built and why are they coping so badly in the heat?

Have building regulations adapted to climate change so that, you know, anything that's built now has to be fit really for hot temperatures?

It's not just homes, is it, that potentially need this retrofitting with heat pumps and better insulation.

It's also the places we work, shop and what have you.

For instance, in Spain, you know, the recommendation is that workers shouldn't work above 27 degrees.

Here in the UK, where's the pressure for government to impose those new rules for working?