Changing Climate Change: The Science

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Roger Harrabin examines the science behind climate change. Predicting the future climate is a pretty tricky business and over the last 25 years or so it has had a chequered history. Roger talks to the scientists about their models and asks if they are accurate enough or should they just be consigned to the dustbin.

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0:00.0	This is a BBC podcast. You can get all our podcasts and our terms of use at BBCWorld Service.com slash
0:07.7	podcasts. So I'm standing on a street corner in Paris. It's a damp evening, looks like it's just about to start to rain,
0:26.6	and I'm waiting for my climate date.
0:28.9	This may sound a little improbable, but I'm meeting a woman who I've never seen before, and I'm just, actually, I'm just looking up now because I'm meeting a woman who I've never seen before and I'm just actually I'm just looking up now because I was looking my bag and she's standing right next and I'm Roger I guess you're Kim. Hi, I'm your climate day. Okay, where are we going and what are we going to do?
0:43.0	We're going to a wine bistro and we're going to drink some wine and talk about how wine is affected
0:48.6	by climate change.
0:49.6	Is a good bistro, a good meal?
0:52.0	Very highly recommended by my very reliable Parisian friends, so I think so.
0:56.0	Okay, let's go.
0:57.0	Okay.
0:58.0	Okay. Is it Savancy?
1:01.0	Shall we get the glass each and we can try some different things?
1:07.0	So I should introduce this person. She is...
1:10.0	I'm Kim Nicholas, I'm an associate professor at Looni University in Sweden. I studied wine in California
1:15.4	which is where I'm from. I grew up on a vineyard first of all. You're going to tell me about
1:18.7	climate change and wine? Yes, climate change is affecting all of our lives every day, whether we realize it or not.
1:24.6	Wine is the way that makes it really concrete.
1:27.0	It's climate change on your dinner table.
1:29.0	So let's make our order, but if we can find a waiter.
1:35.0	While we order the wine, let me welcome you to this series,
1:38.0	Changing Climate Change on the World Service.
1:41.0	I'm the BBC's environment analyst Roger Haribin,
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