This is a Global News Podcast Special Climate Edition from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles in London and in this edition recorded at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 24th of November ahead of the COP 28 climate meeting in Dubai.

We're joined by Greer Jackson who's not just a scientist but also the presenter of the climate

question.

Hi there.

Hello and by the BBC's climate editor Justin Roebats.

Thanks to you both.

We will be putting your questions to them about everything from new technology to tree planting and what can be done by us,

the sort of people who don't get invited to big international conferences like the one in

Dubai. There is a lot to get through, so without further ado, let's get started.

The fire is on Front Street and it is time to go.

The boats in the harbour, most of them were burned and had sunk. The historic section,

Lahaina town, which used to be the capital of Hawaii, was burned to the ground, the

buildings, the church. The church.

There are plenty of houses, plenty of houses, but they are all corn.

These are some of the rocks that destroyed people's houses here in Three Ways in Blantaire when Cychon Freddie made

landfall in Malawi. Some of these rocks are four times my size and when I was

going up sochy heels. This is what it looks like here in Derna at the moment.

The buildings, the cars were swept out to see and all that's left is rubble and dirt and destruction.

Some of this year's news coverage of fires in Hawaii, the devastation in Southeast Africa caused by

Cyclone Freddie and the destruction in Libya from Storm Daniel.

And data suggests this is very likely to be the hottest year on record.

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