Prof Jim Skea: living in an era of 'global boiling'

July 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest month ever on Earth.
A combination of heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere,
unseasonable warmth in parts of South America and Antarctica, and
global sea surface temperatures around 0.51°C above the 30-year
average, meant it broke all previous records.


Climate scientists are now poring over the data, including Prof
Jim Skea, the newly-elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC). He joins presenter Graihagh Jackson to
discuss how worried we should be, and the challenges ahead as he
takes up the most important role in global climate science.


Producer: Ben Cooper Researcher: Isobel Gough Series producer:
Simon Watts Editor: China Collins Sound Engineers: Graham
Puddifoot and Neil Churchill Production Coordinators: Gemma
Ashman, Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill