How Europe is adapting to rising temps

Amanpour

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🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Greeks are facing life-threatening elements today as temperatures soar with no relief in sight. A wildfire burned near Athens, and tourists sweltered visiting the sites, forcing the temporary closing of the Acropolis. Meanwhile, China recorded its hottest temperature ever – 126 degrees Fahrenheit, just as US Climate Envoy John Kerry touched down in the country. In the US, a heat dome is scorching much of the country and smoke from the Canadian wildfires is spreading over the northeast. Greece’s Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni and top WHO official Francesca Racioppi join Bianna Golodryga to discuss how the continent is adapting to rising temperatures. Also on today's show: "The Bear" writer Alex O’Keefe and actor Shaan Sharma; "Extraordinary Birding" host Christian Cooper To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. Too much
0:10.5	heat to handle. As temperature sore in Europe, I'm joined by Greece's tourism minister and a top official from the World Health Organization
0:18.2	about how they're adjusting to a climate crisis that's already here.
0:22.4	Then, the majority of actors aren't millionaires. a climate crisis that's already here.
0:22.6	Then, the majority of actors aren't millionaires,
0:25.2	we're the working class as well.
0:26.9	Hollywood grinds to a halt.
0:28.9	What's behind the strike and can anything break the stalemate?
0:32.8	I asked writer Alex O'Keefe from the Bear and actor Sean Sharma.
0:37.0	Plus...
0:38.0	People are going to shove all these cameras and microphones in my face.
0:41.0	I'm going to use them to try to say what I think needs to be said.
0:45.0	Life after going viral.
0:46.8	Central Park bird watcher Christian Cooper talks to Michelle Martin about
0:51.0	unexpected fame and his new TV show extraordinary
0:54.8	border. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Galadriga in New York sitting in for
1:16.8	Christiana Amanpur. Well, heat and fire. Greeks are facing life-threatening
1:22.2	elements this week as temperature sore with no relief in sight.
1:26.0	A summer camp evacuated children near a wildfire today, and take a look at this dramatic video of horses being rushed to safety as the blaze near Athens
1:35.9	started to burn their stables.
1:38.2	This after Acropolis was temporarily shut Friday to protect tourists from sweltering heat.
1:44.0	And this isn't only happening in Greece across the northern hemisphere, China recorded its hottest temperature ever,
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